When I woke this morning, the day after Election Day, I took a couple deep breaths and reached for my phone. Slowly I waded back into the...

A little context for those who need it: There was a stretch of time during the spring of 2020 when I felt the need to pinpoint some...

A couple days ago, in the initial disorienting wake of the Hamas attack on Isreal, I watched as Biden delivered a message to the White...

For many people in my orbit, last year was mostly about transition. Each of us, in our own way and facing our own set of circumstances,...

I sat down at my desk this morning and noticed the beautiful Mother’s Day card pictured here, made many moons ago by the hands of a very...

It has been a wild weather ride in the PNW lately, with a big, beautiful snowfall arriving like a gift the day after Christmas, followed...

The turn of the year provides such a beautiful moment to collect thoughts, breathe a deep breath and take a look around. I’ve always felt...

October is always a big, beautiful month in our house, 1. because we (I) love Halloween and 2. because we (I) love birthdays, and October...

I’ve shared with her many times the story of how she always furrowed her brow as a baby, even when asleep, and how I brought her with me...

Mother: it’s a word rich with meaning, at least in the English language, and of course this is not an accident. It means “female parent,”...

Spring Today is the day when my skin feels warm as we walk our path, even with the the breeze whipping off the water and into the water,...

Some days it’s hard to spot joy in the midst of all that’s swirling; some days the joy reaches out boldly, unmistakably, for me. Some...

As a runner, I have a great appreciation for the straightaway—a long, flat road stretching straight into a fixed vanishing point along...

My first real education about U.S. history happened in college. I was studying for a final exam in a class called “America in the 60s,”...

Stephen has a habit of getting on board with all of my things. See here, a photo of Stephen and me on our honeymoon--the world our oyster...

A number of years ago, we bought a small boat, used, from friends of ours. It’s far from fancy—in fact, it’s pretty grungy; most of its...

Many of the most important things I know for sure are things my Dad taught me through both his word and his example. He emigrated to the...

For as long as I can remember, we’ve had a large chalkboard, the one pictured below, hanging next to the desk in the kitchen, which is my...

On this day, I skipped writing my Joy of the Day post in honor of #TheShowMustBePaused, an initiative centered on the refocusing of our...

In all my years of writing, I’ve been warned time and time again against using cliches, I think because they’re considered a cop out—a...