I Just Couldn’t Do It
You lay your clothes out, you pack your backpack, and you hardly sleep because you just can’t wait for it all to begin again. It’s
January 10, 2011
Live With Flair
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From Cowardly to Courageous
My little cat, Jack, advances even further in the direction of being fully alive. Once wounded, this now strong kitty first relearns how to purr.
January 9, 2011
Surrendering to the Storm
This morning after breakfast, we take the girls sledding. We travel behind the house, past the forest, and into a wide clearing. All I see
January 8, 2011
These Aren’t Interruptions
I’m in the university library to find the article I want on neuroscience and writing. I’m suddenly interrupted by the pull of the juvenile fiction
January 7, 2011
Can a Small Adaptation Make You Happy?
As you know, we walk a mile to school every day. I walk a mile to school and back every day. As the weather dips
January 6, 2011
A Great Cloud of Witnesses
This morning, my friends and I huddle by the school entrance, making conversation with other parents and school administrators. As we notice the line of
January 5, 2011
Take a Minute
I’m officially overloaded with work obligations and writing tasks. As I sit at my computer, I become annoyed by my cat, Louie Von Whiskers, who
January 4, 2011
Make Yourself That Somebody
For months, my friend and I travel by this one treacherous patch of sidewalk on our walk to school–the place that dips down towards a
January 3, 2011
Have You Gone Gourmet?
My oldest is turning 9, and we want to make special cupcakes–homemade–for her to bring to school on Monday. I don’t do cupcakes. The Boo
January 2, 2011
Why I Put My Flag Out
I’m in the garage, and I see our old American flag standing at attention in the cobwebbed corner. I decide, for 2011, I want to
January 1, 2011