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How Incredibly Fortunate I Am

  For a year now, I have been experiencing extreme discomfort. A correct medical diagnosis took many months, and resulted in a challenging and delicate surgery. As I reflect on this past year, I do so from a space and Read more…


Capturing Life Through A New Lens

    I began taking photos when I stumbled across an old 35 mm camera in a closet. It happened to be at a time in my life that I was experiencing much change—many endings—without a clear sense of how Read more…


Foraging

    In the aftermath of a February snowstorm that brought a foot of snow, I noticed a single robin foraging for food as the snow began to melt. Many robins never left the northeast this winter. Since fruit is Read more…


Winter Reflections

  The days are beginning to lengthen now, as the light struggles to remain for one or two minutes longer each evening, yet we are also entering what can be the most difficult time of winter. The holidays are long past, and Read more…


New Year, New Perspective

  The first day of 2017 was cold, with a bitter north wind coming off of the lake. All I wanted to do was pull the covers over my head and stay in my warm bed. Instead, I forced myself Read more…


Exploring New Paths

  Last night my daughter and I were fortunate enough to share an evening with four incredible women we had just recently met at a new moon lodge hosted by my neighbor. Snow had fallen all day, leaving the night Read more…


Pausing To Simply Be

  It is so difficult, especially during the chaos surrounding the holidays, to find time to be still—to just be.   During one of the most difficult years of my life, filled with change and loss and grief, I have Read more…


Wasted Time?

You never thought you’d be alone this far down the line And I know what’s been on your mind You’re afraid it’s all been wasted time Wasted Time – The Eagles After raising children and ending a relationship–a total investment Read more…


Claiming a [tiny] Space of my Own – Finally

    Over the course of my life I haven’t had many opportunities to live by myself—for myself. First, of course, I lived with my birth family, after which came college and roommates (most of whom were dreadful, with a Read more…


Choosing a New Path

    Like many women of my generation, I was raised to believe I could—and should—have it all. I could get a degree, have a career, marry, have children, manage a home, and live the dream. While I had more Read more…