In just a few more days, on December 21, the light will begin to shift. Slowly, gently, carefully, the days will start to lengthen and the nights will grow shorter.
An awful lot of people whom I’ve talked to recently seem particularly stressed this Advent. No matter what you believe about the notion...
On behalf of vegetarians, pescetarians, vegans, and those who just don’t like fowl: Phew! We made it through another Thanksgiving. The annual celebration of all things turkey is done for another year, and for that I am grateful.
I stopped eating meat five years ago, but even a few years before that I...
I went back to the desert for a few days last week. Not a metaphorical desert, as is my wont during Lent or other times of spiritual need, but to Phoenix, AZ. Back in the 1980s, I had lived there for five years as a newlywed, and had not been back since a trip there for a conference in 1992.
A few months...
My sister Paula lives in Nashville, TN, and teaches music there at an alternative high school. It’s not what one might think of as a traditional music class; the students spend their time learning computer software programs like GarageBand and Pro Tools, discussing contemporary music and writing...
I opened the window in the kitchen this morning, as I always do while making the coffee. But instead of the thick, muggy air that has lumbered through most days this past month, a cool, light breeze ran in. Oh, no, not yet; it’s still August, I thought.
Fall is indeed starting its entrance around...
