A Conversation of Flowers
That moment when the old and the new seem to speak to each other. It…
The Challenge of Sharing an Office: Side by Side
My husband and I share an office—a modest rectangular room in a small condo in…
Containing Violence in the Language of Honor
I have been reading Thomas V. Cohen's Love and Death in Renaissance Italy, a fascinating…
On the Eve of Ash Wednesday: Prayer for Good Humor
My husband and I are preparing for Lent, but we are doing it in a…
Dream Writing a Novel into Existence
Sometimes, it is much easier to dream a book than sit at a keyboard where…
Comments From the Dream World
I woke from an early (really early!) morning dream where Max Fleischer-style cats were on…