November 3rd
Today is the 102nd anniversary of my mother’s birth. Given our stormy history, I have not thought about her very …
Tag Archives: Childhood
Reflections As I Begin My 65th Year
There is a photo of me that was taken on Christmas Day when I was three. Having taken off my …
Choices Made
There is a lot of discussion these days about whether or not to vaccinate young children, and with the recent …
Diving In
During the summer of 1988 Kyle took private swim lessons from one of the teachers at his Montessori pre-school. She …
Shocking Treatment
My mother had “given” me a morning dove when I was young and struggling with scarlet fever. I’d heard it …
Falling Away
At the end of my freshman year of high school we moved again. One might think that I would have …
Maya
The more time I spent in Nature, the more I felt my strength, the conviction that I would make it …
From the Shore to the Hills
The difficulties for a child moving to a new place were made worse by the smallness of the village, and …
Lake Fog
We moved to the small town of Long Beach, east of Michigan City, Indiana. Our house was on the sand …
Weaving the Magic Thread 