Death
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Stay Home
Barbara Kingsolver’s tribute to Wendell Berry inspires me to stay committed to one place rather than constantly searching elsewhere. Continue reading
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A 20th-Century Thoreau
A bard of the environment, Annie Dillard was a visionary whose “shimmering prose offered glimpses of the eternal.” Continue reading
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Grief Has No Expiration Date
My late cat’s canned food had an expiration date. My grief about his death did not. Continue reading
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9/11 — 25 Year Later, Part III
The damage wrought by 9/11 to our psyches was enormous. The cost of the chain of events leading from 9/11 to the current administration is incalculable. Continue reading
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9/11 — 25 Years Later, Part II
After directing a client video about 9/11 First Responders, I united with the few who responded to the Flight 93 crash site in Shanksville, PA. Continue reading
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9/11 — 25 Years Later, Part I
“Astonishing” was how the Washington Post first reported the terrorist attack — an adjective still seared into my memory 25 years later. [Part 1 of three parts.] Continue reading
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The Quiet Farmer Poet
Called the “poet laureate of America’s farmland,” Wendell Berry was one of the poets who inspired me to stop, look and listen in my own farmland. Continue reading
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The Loved Ones
Sometimes the wisdom of a simple 13-line poem provides the healing you need at the moment. Continue reading
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Begin Again the Story of Your Life
I look at my worn and weathered journals and wonder: have I learned anything? Have I created anything? Continue reading
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Inexorable Sunset
As we grow older we must learn to accept our “steady diminishment.” Continue reading
