Stay at Home Squirrels

Stay at Home Squirrels

Humans settle in, or not, for an indefinite torture of staying home with all our germs so as not to sicken others in our communities. We do it to take care of the healthcare workers who take care of covid-19 patients, endangering their own lives in the process. We’ve...
Good Friday covid-19

Good Friday covid-19

I finally got into bed after midnight last night. Technically, it was already Good Friday. The most solemn day of the Christian liturgical calendar. I had participated in the Maundy Thursday service that the Hildegard community had online. We remembered the Last...
Cycles come . . . and go . . .

Cycles come . . . and go . . .

One of my favorite lessons has been reclaiming an appreciation for the Cycles of Life. Americans live by a linear notion of time – March follows February, ten a.m. comes before noon. None of that is real. Someone made that up so we can slice our days into tiny pieces...