Girl Talk with Ma Nature
Dear Mother Nature, You seem a bit stressed. Might I interest you in a glass of wine? Come, sit down, put your feet up and chill RELAX. There, isn’t that Continue Reading →
View ArticleOn All the Fs in Offering
-1- “Offer it up!” I don’t think there is any phrase that can more powerfully and more immediately inspire the desire to perform sacrifice—of the old fashioned (see Aztecs) variety. Continue Reading →
View ArticleWhere Are You Now?
Warning: serious meter, high. This is not the usual blog post, a little more sober and meditative, not for everyone. For more of the usual goofiness, check back next week Continue Reading →
View ArticleThe Wheels In My Head Go Round and Round
In general I am quite happy in my spinsterhood. But every once in a while, when the Chardonnay is especially good, I grow a little sentimental and think it might Continue Reading →
View ArticleNeither Style Nor Substance
As promised, this week we are solely sanguine here on the range, after last week’s venture into the deep. -1- First, a cultural confession: I never really understood the enormous Continue Reading →
View ArticleThe Third Person
For many years I spoke of Him in the third person objective, abstract, with truth but without affection dutifully sounding the gong and clashing the cymbal of obedience to a Continue Reading →
View ArticleTiny Treasures
“Miss Grace,” she asks gravely, with the air of bestowing a great confidence, “Do you know what I do when I have something in my nose?” “What?” I ask, practicing Continue Reading →
View ArticleSafari in the City
-1- Most people do not perceive New York City to be haven for nature. It is assumed that if you are talking about “wildlife” you are referring to one’s after Continue Reading →
View ArticleNYC Fairy Tale
It was a dark and stormy night. She wasn’t seeking adventure, just something to eat. A tiny voice within her told her that she could just call for delivery, Continue Reading →
View ArticlePaleo Skeptic Bows to Domestic Magician
-1- Every mother of a toddler can attest that just because something shares the color and consistency of chocolate, it does not follow that it is a good idea to Continue Reading →
View ArticleThe Pope Francis Challenge
-1- Twice in September I stood with a stadium full of people cheering the progression of a little white dot. The first was a homerun ball, exiting the bat of Continue Reading →
View ArticleStraw
As I pack away the manger scene, I can’t help but wonder about that other nursery. The one that Mary and Joseph must have planned for their new baby, ready Continue Reading →
View ArticleMother of the Gift
-1- She was beautiful, the radiant lady wreathed with stars, standing (barefoot!) on the serpent. “Be like Mary!” they said, and my child’s heart, fed on fairy tales, responded with Continue Reading...
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