Grieving for America, and Getting Past It
I found this quote by Mary Oliver in a recent blog post and it struck a chord. Ah, world, what …
Category Archives: Writing
Landscapes of the Mind – Six Singular Experiences
It’s all about the mind, of course. All experience filters through it, the outward and inner, nature and the art …
David Whyte, Putting Down the Weight of Aloneness
I’ve long been a fan of David Whyte’s poetry and this one is no exception. It seems it may have …
To Live Content With Small Things
A few pebbles for the pond . . . . To live content with small things; To seek elegance rather …
“Vast Emptiness, Vastly Full”
There are a few refrains that I turn to again and again when I want to get a clearer sense …
Toni Morrison: Diving Into Darkness on Wings of Light
Last in my series “Brushes With Blackness” on how Black lives and Black Culture colored my Whiteness. I’d always wanted …
My Arms Are Empty, But My Heart Is Full
My granddaughter who had been living with me this past year is visiting with her Aunt and Uncle this summer, …
Brushes with Blackness – Feminist or Womanist?
Third in series in how Black lives and Black culture colored my Whiteness. I came of age during the Second …
Brushes with Blackness: Best Friends and Bullies
As a child I was completely color blind. I know today people would say that was unlikely. Or even problematic. …
Brushes with Blackness, 1
All of us who are white in America were born into a country steeped in racism. Even for those of …
