The Path Behind
One of my favorite things to do all by myself is to walk in the woods . With no companions to distract me with agreeable conversation, my eyes take in the clouds, the stones and this time of year, the...
View ArticleTaskless Thanks
One of my favorite quotes of all time isn’t poetic or spiritual or deep or elegant. The late, wonderful , Broadway actress, Marian Seldes said it and it is about as plain and unvarnished as you can get...
View ArticleBesides the point
I am a cook and I also have great admiration for a perfect tool (whether in or out of the kitchen, but particularly in.) I have the utmost respect for the focus and artistry of someone who can create...
View ArticleThe Push
It’s most apparent on a snow and ice covered sidewalk…the way the adult stride ultimately shortens, the increased hesitancy, the palpable fear. And with each ensuing decade the step is progressively...
View ArticleHolding
Another show recently closed and I am in the usual state of both missing it and relishing the opening up of time a closed show represents, the luxury of having time to think , to feel , and to reflect....
View ArticleAll the Time in the World
There are no sweeter words to my girl than “We have all the time in the world.” More than “I love you”, more than any compliment (no matter how sincere, how justified). This simple sentence makes her...
View ArticleTwo words…
I can’t remember the first time it happened. Was it the grey morning I walked along a busy street and noticed the perfect brown shapes of oak leaves stained into the pavement by the previous day’s...
View ArticleLife in a Time Lapse/ Life as a Bean
I am once again having trouble sleeping. Generally I’m a pretty reliably good sleeper but this is the second period of time in a year that I am restless all night ,waking fully alert in the wee hours....
View ArticleFate by the Millimeter
Our most profound life experiences most often don’t arrive onstage with trumpets blaring, they come to us in short snapshots, quietly lit. …the tech cheerfully says at the end of the routine mammogram...
View ArticlePilgrim’s Progress
Pilgrim according to Merriam-Webster is defined as : One who journeys in foreign lands , a wayfarer. Bingo. I have such a hard time with all the militant language that has become associated with a...
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