for your weekend

May your weekend be filled with friends, family and endless reasons to launch into the silent laugh. May your people continue to get you and love you with all of your jokes, your worries and your neurosis. And if you have a sister, or a cousin, or a life-long friend...

4 ways to take a walk like a believer

When I am worried or in danger of becoming obsessed with myself, I need outside air like a drug- to drink my coffee on the back deck; to sit on the bench in the front yard; to lean back on the warm concrete at dusk; to chat with a neighbor on our painted porch steps....