On Tuesday, as we stumble through the Jumble in the newspaper and eat our oatmeal at the dining room table, my husband says, “I booked an appointment with that new physical therapist. Friday at 9:30.” His words reach me. I hear him. I say, “PT. Yay. So you’ll change your pickle ball schedule?” On Wednesday,… Continue Reading
Out Beyond Ideas of Right and Wrong There is a Field. I’ll Meet You There (Rumi) I cherish my collection of everything zebra, gained over the past few years: A piggy bank; a wooden one with straw mane and tail; another with ribbon-reins; a postcard photo of six zebras. I especially treasure the teeniest, the… Continue Reading
My first love, my first hero, my 86-year-old Dad died nine years ago this week. On a Tuesday, like so many days that summer, I drove him for a platelet transfusion to treat his terminal blood disorder. Who could tell it would be his last? He spiked a fever during the procedure, so I rushed him… Continue Reading
Here is a course I’ll be offering at the Falmouth Library: Tuesdays from 10:00-11:30 am beginning September 18 Aging is the chance of a lifetime. How do we meet this inevitable aging that no one escapes? Come sit in a group to explore together ways of working with all that aging brings and means. Mostly… Continue Reading
Here’s another of my Forecaster columns: I walk into French class. The teacher asks, “Quoi de neuf?” (“What’s new?”) This question aims to have us talk without notes, converse spontaneously. I cheat and plan, “I’ll talk about seeing ‘Mamma Mia Here I Go Again.’ How do you say ‘movie’?” I look it up and scribble notes,… Continue Reading
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