for your weekend

May your weekend be filled with time to rediscover the solitude you crave, the laughter you miss, and the gifts you forget you hold in your hands. May you value work, rest, joy, and heartache as necessary parts of the living. Remember Hosanna, because we all need...

5 reasons why hope is bright today

Browsing on Facebook, I saw a picture of a lovely girl I graduated with from my high school in Michigan. Her husband died last year, leaving her with three young kids to bring up in the world. This keeps me up at night sometimes, this fear. Yet there she was, perhaps...

how to be a better storyteller

They stood on the corner of Elm and McGee, laughing over flirt-heavy secrets and the funny things of nerves or love. Or maybe both. She was dressed for a date — ballet flats, strapless dress, a smile wide enough to connect the mountains to the sea. He had on...

for your weekend

May your weekend be filled with blooming trees, budding tulips, and the rain to make them healthy. Whether you are in the city, on the coast, or off backroads in between, may you know love deep, good sleep, and friends to share a meal with. Let the worries of today...

we don’t want your loveless art

Sometimes other people’s art – their plays, their food, their books, their beautifully inspired work – walks next to me like a comfortable friend. I am open to his influence, small in her presence, and happy to be so. When I am free and in good...