Pandemic Reinvention II: Grace in the Time of Corona

Pandemic Reinvention II: Grace in the Time of Corona

Notice the difference between the photographs of the same species of bird, taken in two different states on the same day one year apart. There’s a story there. And I’m going to weave it here for you. For 10 lovely, but, upon reflection, intense first 10...
5-Book Holiday Giveaway-Plus: Grace in the Time of Corona

5-Book Holiday Giveaway-Plus: Grace in the Time of Corona

  COVID Self-Care 101 = Read a good book! A free book to five lucky winners from yours truly. Happy Holidays! …Nashville is, of course, known for its musical prowess. For several years when I moved back here and answered the “what do you do”...
Transforming Anger: Grace in the Time of Corona

Transforming Anger: Grace in the Time of Corona

Last Wednesday, while patching together a quick, late lunch of leftover black bean soup, homemade herb bread and a tossed butter-leaf salad, I listened to a YouTube video recommended by a friend and former coach. The woman featured in the video was a controversial...
Revolutionary Love: Grace in the Time of Corona

Revolutionary Love: Grace in the Time of Corona

While most every liberal friend I knew was all knotted up, I remained calm in the days leading up to last week’s tenuous national election. But then my innards got all twisty post the election results from Saturday until we—me, myself and I—had a personal coming...
Nonreaction: Grace in the Time of Corona

Nonreaction: Grace in the Time of Corona

From the perch of his high-backed Queen Anne chair, he stabbed his finger in the air and moved it in a series of dips and valleys. “That’s how you are right now. We need to get you to more of an even keel.” I was 25 and he was the first of a series...