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Oh, look, a chicken!
Category Archives: Feeling Clearly
Inexhaustibly Optimistic
I smell it before I see it. The scent lures me along the downtown street, like a predator to a hidden watering hole. Reaching the corner, I locate my quarry. Continue reading
When We Go
Two exchanges overheard at the ballpark lead to some serious thinking about what my life means, now, at the end of it, and later. Continue reading
Whap!!
Whap!! He flinches and ducks, too late, in that useless but typical reflex after being hit without warning. What the hell? he wonders. Standing in the airplane aisle after the flight, waiting impatiently to be released, he had been worrying … Continue reading
It’s Blue. It’s Imported.
Sometimes, what we know changes how we look at things; sometimes how we look at things changes what we know. Continue reading
The First Day
Last January 1st, I wrote the piece that follows this introduction to try to quiet the noise in my head after my father’s death just a few weeks earlier. Last spring, writing after the death of his own father, Rabbi … Continue reading
A Proportional Response
How do we honour and care for veterans in a way that is proportionate, respectful, and sustainable? Continue reading
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
Transforming an often miserable Hallowe’en into the Day of the Dead – a remembrance and celebration of our dead. The snowdrifts are knee high and hard crusted; the snow underfoot is so dry it squeaks. With the temperature hovering … Continue reading
Gift From the Sea
Searching for agates on beaches – what better way to spend an October morning? Whirling to lock the door, running late as usual, I fumble impatiently for keys in their assigned purse compartment: nothing. A frantic tour of unauthorized … Continue reading
The Reason We Watch
They play, apparently, for the love of the game. That seems right — it’s the same reason we watch. Continue reading