Ordinary Magic: Rituals for Grief and Gratitude
Magic: the power to apparently influence the course of events by using mysterious powers. Did you believe in magic when you were little? Did you ever stop? When we were small humans, we saw things we couldn’t explain and we were mesmerized. We watched them closely. We got invested in a reality that didn’t make […]
My Mother’s Grief
At the age of 48, after 28 years of being a high school teacher, a mother and a wife, my mother was alone. She jumped into redecorating our house and a new personality showed itself — an appreciation for French Impressionist painters, a curiosity about Native American art, a love for a shot of fine […]
I LOVE HALLOWEEN. SORT OF.
This whole production becomes an obstacle to becoming more comfortable with this precious and important part of life. Well, OK, I love dressing up and I’m particular about what candy I’m willing to trade, but there’s something that really bothers me about it. It’s lost almost all of the original meaning of how we remember […]