Sunflowers. Today, I realized how easy is to forget. I woke up today feeling queasy. A little sore throat-ish, tired, not wanting to do much of anything. And being the catastrophizer that I am, I thought, oh no, it’s Covid-19. And although, since we have been sheltering in place for four months except for brief […]
last weekend. And, I have to say, it surpassed any expectations I had for the kind of intimacy and connection that was there, for all to have, screen to screen. Although I know that we got what we got and Zoom is what we got, the retreat penetrated the layers of what keeps us running […]
I’ve been thinking about the difference between a diet and a food plan. Now I realize that most people conflate the two and that this is a longer discussion, but for the moment, I want to offer this: a diet, the way we usually think of it, is a prescribed way of eating that is […]
my roommate in college, I disliked her instantly. (And the feeling was mutual). She was everything I wasn’t: calm, measured, curious, from a happy family, uninterested in makeup and image). Then, during the first month we roomed together in Butler Dorm on Mc Alister Drive in New Orleans, I fell in love with her. Or […]
A friend sent me this picture yesterday, and I was reminded of the days during which the photo was taken. When I first met Matt, he had a group of friends who would go away together twice a year to a place in Sonoma called Rainbow Ranch. I never thought those days would end. Long-haired, […]
I do no matter what is taking in the good, which means looking and actually seeing what I’m looking at. Taking a few breaths—at least three—and allowing what I am seeing (or hearing or touching) to sink in. Otherwise, I go through life rushing from here to there and being nowhere as I do. (And, […]
that I don’t want to do much these days. I keep reading and hearing about all the projects that people are undertaking during their sheltering in place. Cleaning out their closets! Cleaning out their kitchen drawers! Writing that long-forgotten book! Shredding all the papers that piled up for months! I think I am going to […]
One of Matt’s closest friends, a man he met in high school, died yesterday of the coronavirus. He’d been sick at home for two weeks, his wife and son leaving food outside his closed door, and suddenly, on Sunday night, he couldn’t breathe and within a very short time, and before they could get him […]
and the vast amount of time most of us are spending at home in close proximity to the refrigerator, the question about how to manage our emotions and thoughts and therefore, our relationship with food keeps coming up. Here’s what I want to say: Treat yourself with utmost kindness. It’s really not any different than […]
about the coronavirus and hearing people panicking about almost everything, I decided to stand under the flowering plum tree and gaze at the color, the blooms, the beauty. I took three deep breaths, reminded myself that so many things are right, are neutral, are good. For instance, the flowers themselves. The color pink. The softness […]
I found this card in a friend’s office. Yesterday, when I was clearing out a cabinet, I found it again and realized I needed to change it slightly. Because here’s the truth: I am afraid. I am afraid of this crazy morphing coronavirus. I am afraid of the thousands of ripples of a global pandemic: […]
