As usual, I picked the wrong time of day to shop and the wrong line to wait in (or “on,” if you’re from NY) at the grocery store. The line crawled. The woman in front of me had lots of… Read More ›
happiness
The ‘Good Enough’ Life
What does “good enough” mean, anyway? In my family of origin’s lexicon, it meant settling for something inferior. It meant being content with a mediocre situation or product. It meant being lazy, too easily satisfied with a version of the… Read More ›
More poems and prayers for the sixties
Prayers and poems are similar in that they use symbol and metaphor to express large thoughts. To get the most from both, you have to slow down. You can’t skim a prayer or scan a poem to fully savor it…. Read More ›
Now we are Sixty 