17
Sep
What Eyes Have Not Seen
This summer brought an unusual gift: a month long, grueling spell of vertigo, when I couldn't close my
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06
Sep
Doppelganger
I spend a lot of time at the pharmacy these days. On any given day, I take 6-7 prescriptions -
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02
Sep
New Math
A few years go I heard a saying from Sufi teacher Hazrat Inayat Khan that continues to teach me -
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30
Aug
Autumnus
Last week our friends came to visit as they took their son to college. The next day, in the early
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22
Aug
Dropping off Your Son at School
Last night we hosted friends from college who'd just dropped off their middle son at college an hour
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01
Aug
Shoe Lessons
This week found me in my living room, sewing in the wee hours after my son asked me to repair
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26
Jul
Meeting an old friend
I've told you many stories of the pond that lives down the road from my house. But first
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12
Jul
Remembering a great dog
There's a New Yorker cartoon, with a dog laying on the couch at the therapist's office.
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06
Jul
Night swimming
This is a poem that surprised me. They often do. But this one especially.
Each of us has exiles -
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30
Jun
Inviting the weather
Nature is the most generous and helpful teacher. So many of my poems come when I'm watering the
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