Living In Place

Just as winter started to take hold at home, I left for a California Sojourn. We left frozen Vermont in middle of the night and arrived in San Francisco during a spate of...

This week between Christmas and New Year’s is like that moment between gears, when we’re coasting between one year and the next. After hosting a truly satisfying Destination...

Writing to the Light Sunday afternoon, fifteen writers joined me for Writing to the Light, a free writing circle.  We willingly stepped away from the holiday frenzy for an...

Every year, I stall in the December Doldrums, when moving my pen across the page feels like trudging through wet, ankle deep cement. Instead of climbing out of my chair, I sit at...

While I no longer make New Year’s Resolutions, I’m determined to Shovel Less and Ski More. With two snowfalls this week, so far, so good. I woke up to snow on Sunday and shoveled...

Tim and I have now lived in partnership for over half our lives and are acutely cognizant of the blessing of this long marriage. When we agreed to marry, we promised not to...