Meditations From the Garden
I tried hard this week to come up with a way to write about racism and hate in general, but I just couldn’t get a creative, thoughtful grasp on it. No wonder. Hatred is not creative, unless in a negative sense. How many ways can I hurt or murder someone because of my...
Compulsion
I’d love to be one of those serene, appropriately disciplined (as opposed to compulsive or utterly feckless) people who achieve an effective, useful, consistent morning routine. Photo by Tanja Heffner on Unsplash I’m not. Even during what I think of as “normal” times...
Something Needs to Change
That feeling that something has to change … or else. Photo by Talles Alves on Unsplash We’ve all felt it at one time or another. Some people seem to feel it all the time. Here’s the thing about insisting on change: the world will not change for you. Other people will...