>This will be brief… I’ve been in Denver celebrating Thanksgiving with my children (all but Jon, who’s in Afghanastan) and…
>Thanksgiving is an American tradition, not a religious holiday. And yet I find myself looking to God, and to my…
>Mary Karr is one of my favorite memoirists, right up there with Ann Lamott and Haven Kimmel, who is also…
>It’s only the fifth day of the Nativity Fast (for Orthodox Christians) and as I continue to struggle to embrace…
>Yesterday was my bi-monthly visit with my mother at Lakeland Nursing Home in Jackson, Mississippi. If you’re new to my…
>I’m heading into a busy weekend, so I’m going to “cheat” a bit on this post. I think you’ll forgive…
>This must be my week for all things poetic. After the amazing spiritual writing workshop on Saturday, led by the…
>Annie Dillard says he’s one of the best poets alive. And on Saturday, I sat around a table with seventeen…
>I’ve been struggling with what to write today. There are lots of reasons for my hesitancy—traveling, house renovations, depression—and honestly,…
>“Persephone ate the pomegranate seeds that Hades offered her in the underworld; this guaranteed she and her mother would be…