Feb 1, 2021 | Religion & Spirituality
When I was in college I remember making a “Great Discovery.” I was so pleased with myself! I don’t remember what it was anymore, but I remember being thrilled by my own wisdom, and proud of myself— until I found that Plato had said it first. Such a letdown. I...
Dec 19, 2020 | Religion & Spirituality
Every month, as I sit down to write my blog, I think, “This will be my last post. It’s time to stop. Too many people are creating, publishing, and screaming for recognition, for me to add one more word.” (As if anyone is actually reading my posts, itself perhaps an...
Jun 20, 2020 | Angels, Religion & Spirituality
This is a story of how our needs are met. It’s also about an angel, but mostly about how Spirit, the Guiding Principle, the Universe, God, whatever you choose to call this incomprehensible Mystery, works invisibly to heal our pain. The solutions are not what we’d...
Sep 15, 2019 | Religion & Spirituality
“Look, the trees are turning,” she said, glancing out the picture window toward the New Hampshire woods, and everything in me wanted to cry out: Not yet! Too soon! September marks the beginning of the new year. The children are back at school, anxious or excited,...
Mar 1, 2018 | Religion & Spirituality
Yesterday I woke up, turned on the radio, as usual, to hear to the news as I dressed, and was thrown into a pit of despair: the President wants to put guns into schools to prevent gun shootings; our statesmen are incapable of banning semi-automatic military weapons...
Apr 3, 2015 | Religion & Spirituality
Well, don’t anyone try to convince me there’s not life after life. I’ve had too many experiences to believe in the silence of dark mouldering eternal sleep. The world is too full of life—and mystery. And by the way, of LAUGHTER! At one level it’s all laughter! My...
