What are you grieving?

What are you grieving?

  What are you grieving right now?   Although perhaps you may be grieving in the way we usually think of it – grieving a death, specifically – you may be grieving and not even realize it. Our culture’s comfort with the conversation around...
Ancient Remembering

Ancient Remembering

  Lately, a few well-meaning and enthusiastic individuals have asked me about my relationship to play.   Generally, questions like this cause me to assume that the person asking them has unicorn-like qualities, and is probably having a lot more fun than I...
Wild Gratitude

Wild Gratitude

  Walking through the forest more slowly than usual   feeling the crunch of every stone beneath my boots and with the weight of everything I required to meet my basic needs resting firmly on the width of my hips my skin started to expand   reaching for...
What Forrest Gump taught me about life, and transition

What Forrest Gump taught me about life, and transition

Let me tell you a little-known story about me.   When I was in my early teens, I watched the movie Forrest Gump.  I watched it just once or twice, maybe, but it left an indelible impression on me.  I chuckle, a little, that a somewhat bizarre movie about a...