Category Archives: Uncategorized

Surrounded by progressives, my strong female voice and feminine perspective is welcome. With conservatives (even when I was one), I feel constricted & silenced. Why? It’s about conformity. Progressives tend to expect differing opinions and perspectives, and work for comprehensive … Continue reading →

I know a man who many think of as crotchety, unreasonable, rather strange and generally grumpy. He bemoans what he feels is a “dead” culture, lacking in ‘sentient beings;’ a bloated culture that is growing unsustainably, much like the Roman Empire … Continue reading →

I went on a journey tonight. Lots of reflection, flooding music and memories, mirrors of intense struggles and hard-won victories. Other women have sung to me over the years, pushing through sorrow to strength and sharing their wisdom, as if … Continue reading →

Compassion wells up unexpectedly, often with eyes meeting eyes. The light turns red and lands my car next to the woman holding a cardboard shoebox top, “Anything Helps” scrawled in black. Handing her the muffins I’d planned to give my … Continue reading →

Loneliness. It creeps up in little moments of insecurity, maybe after a couple nights of insomnia, after drinking ill-timed wine, in crowded places or quiet living rooms. It’s sneaky, finding ways to slip around my defensive arguments of: “But my … Continue reading →

It’s important to feel safe – to have a haven in life. My physical haven is our cabin in Maine. My grandfather built it of lumber from the family farm’s barn long before my birth. I grew up spending summers … Continue reading →