Jelly Side Down — by Nancy Stahl — I read this book so long ago that I remember almost none of it, but the title alone has been enough to sustain me through many a …

“Life on planet earth” — as a dear friend used to say while shaking her head in resigned disbelief — seems like a puzzle whose answers lie in its infinite metaphors. Immersing yourself in any …

A tiny story and a musical gift accompanied by the wish that you will create moments in this new year that will make your heart swell –
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Emotions swirl more wildly …

I wonder if babies are born without language in order to teach us how to listen to more than words…
I don’t think I fully appreciated this possibility as the first-time mom of an infant who …

No Lost Voices is so much a part of my heart that I was completely unprepared for the question.
“Why are you doing this?”
There was some skepticism, maybe a fear that I’d show up and deliver …

November 11, 2009
It’s not like women don’t already have enough of a fight against feeling inadequate. Trying to be a 50′s mom with a new millennium career and manage a household flawlessly, often with …

An unexpressed self is a buried spark that either smolders with rage or threatens to go out in despair.  Once liberated, it can light the world.

The promise of that statement is the heart of No …

10/18/2009
Trying to capture in words what I understood in the car driving home in the dark — paradoxically, insight always dawns at night, it seems. I had turned on the radio and entered …