Grit, Grace, and Love Letters
Human relationships are much larger than biology… … Read story…Grit, Grace, and Love Letters
Tag: Womens Lives
Ukraine: What Would Eleanor Do?
She’ll know what to do. About life, about death. About suffering and happiness. Eleanor will know what to do about Ukraine … Read story…Ukraine: What Would Eleanor Do?
Under the Influence: Inara Verzemnieks
He drives because I can’t put down my book, Among the Living and the Dead: A Tale of Exile and Homecoming by Inara Verzemnieks. I realize the ancestral farm she is writing about is not far away… … Read story…Under the Influence: Inara Verzemnieks
1880’s Andover, Dakota Territory
My grandmother Daisy Potter reaches her hand to me from across time, from the beginnings of her life. She has
Crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge
The day fades as we drive our VW camper over the Edmund Pettus Bridge into Selma. We’ve just left Montgomery,
Memoir in Progress
“Tell me the landscape in which you live and I will tell you who you are.” Ortega y Gasset On
Why We Travel: The Fall of Rome & Other Empires
While I was climbing Mount Etna, I got a horrible cold. It was so bad, in fact, that I lost
While I was climbing Mt. Aetna…
While I was climbing Mt. Etna… This is a phrase that bears repeating, and so I try to use it
