Personal Essays

Spooky Action at a Distance*

Like many dreamers, I want to embrace spooky action at a distance. I’m also pragmatic and tend to poopoo too much cosmic debris, as the late great Frank Zappa might describe it. I may have my head in the clouds, but my feet are firmly planted on the Cozy Toes heater...
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Only This

There was a yoga class in my living room this morning. There is one there every morning. Ever since the beginning of pandemic life, six to twenty yoga students fill the screen in front of my husband in the living room. I took the class on mute from my office all the...
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The Drone

The drone scares the dog. He is a ten-year-old pit bull/lab mix who has recently become an emotional support animal for the yoga teacher training I co-teach at the university. Already wary of birds—probably due to the great chicken massacre he may have witnessed a few...
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Determination

Determination is a quality I usually ascribe to crocuses. There is no greater example of it at winter’s end than their delicate, willful heads breaking through the snow’s crusty surface. In May, determination belongs to the Canada geese, flying under cover of darkness...
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Only This

Only This

Oct 16, 2021 |

There was a yoga class in my living room this morning. There is one there every morning. Ever since the beginning of...

The Drone

The Drone

Sep 6, 2021 |

The drone scares the dog. He is a ten-year-old pit bull/lab mix who has recently become an emotional support animal...

Determination

Determination

May 14, 2021 |

Determination is a quality I usually ascribe to crocuses. There is no greater example of it at winter’s end than their...