• Perseverance,  Vulnerability

    The Shape of a Heart

    As I walked down the hallways of a busy child care center last week, I was surrounded by dozens of pink, white, red and lilac-blue hearts that adorned each class’s bulletin board. From the carefully printed and precisely-cut school-age classroom displays…

  • Awareness,  Nourishment

    The Plant Advisors

    It started during my years living in Maine, when the presence of indoor plants in the house moved from an afterthought to a requirement.  Those long months filled with vistas of white,  the gardens buried deep in snow and ice, and…

  • Empowerment,  Nourishment

    Salt

    The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.  Isak Dinesen I clipped this quote out of a magazine I was flipping through while taking a break from my writing yesterday.  For a dedicated salt-lover, it caught my…