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The word satan means adversary. The word devil comes from the word Latin diablo, which means an obstacle thrown across the road to change...

Today's blog post is a poem, written for a friend far away. We have blessed each other with a relationship that thrives on deep...

There is a place in my big story, where all of the smaller stories converge, leading to an ending that marks a new beginning. The arc of...

It wasn’t that long ago that once upon a time, in home nestled into the forest, I lived with my husband, my cat and my dog. Absent from...

My sixties were an exhilarating and dynamic time. I’ve managed to stay active my entire life and as I entered the decade that marks the...

The sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine. My friend, photographer Jeannee Sacken posted this on social media today to show...

On January 30th, Chelsie Kryst, a woman who had worn the crown and sash of “Miss USA,” ended her own life by jumping out of a window. ...

Who did we used to be before “normal” was a place to which we longed to return? If we find that place again, will we be restored to our...

Early morning and a disconcerting wind whips and crashes outside my window. Trees sway, and the last of the red, tenacious leaves finally...

Each year changes me, remolds me, like clay becoming a pot, unfinished and waiting. Each place changes me. This place, Austin, is like a...

My dog. Mickey Mantle Raffelock. The last dog was Jeter, so if you're a baseball fan, you can see that there's a pattern here. Even...

Tom dresses up like Santa Claus. He has decorated a corner of his front yard with Christmas backdrops pinned to the fence, along with...

I barreled through the month of November with the determination and tenacity of an ambitious thirty-five year old, only to collide with...

Let the beauty we love, be what we do. There are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground. ~Rumi I looked forward to the retreat for...

When did I know that you were in my life? A faded memory of sitting on the front porch, placing crackers between my toes and sticking my...

Photo Credit: Sebastian Kaczoroski Texas. Ground Zero. Back to where we started almost fifty years ago. It took three years for Roe v....

I am so grateful to be writing. The process helps me to make sense of the world and make sense of my life. Making books is my passion,...

The rains came yesterday afternoon. Thunder, lightening, the drama pressing itself against the windows. I read while I stroked the dog’s...

This whole COVID thing has me down today. For a couple of months I was feeling pretty impervious. I had dinner guests. I went out to...

Summer brings joyful chaos to life. The heat is such that I have to walk early in the day. Walk before the sun becomes too intense, and...