quiet gratitude
There might be a better way to end or start a year or a month or a day, rather than […]
the best thing to do
You’ve heard the expressions, right? Almost two years into this pandemic we all know them. “The Big Quit”. “The Great […]
when it’s all just too much
It doesn’t only happen during years when there’s a pandemic. Or murder hornets. Or fraught elections and let’s not even […]
the first stitch
Anyone who writes, or does anything creative for that matter, knows that it (whatever “it” is) starts somewhere inexplicable. The […]
when christmas is hard
I don’t know how to make the uncomfortable comfortable, never mind joyful, which is what Christmas by all rights ought […]
how to make this the best Christmas ever
How to make this the best Christmas ever? Maybe… 1…relax. Your expectations, that is. Those demands that you put on […]
what grace does
It’s all so improbable, this grace thing. Looking for it. Finding it (mostly when you’re not looking, and mostly in […]
when you need to make space for the things that really matter
It’s December 3rd and already my to-do list is three pages long. Typed. Single spaced. 10 point font. There’s not […]
simply noticing grace
What is today, but tomorrow’s yesterday? Cute saying, but what – if anything – can it teach us? Well, if […]