Heart

Feel Europe

Two empty swings on a sunny day

Ghosts of People

He was my best friend. Sometimes, when I’d run away from home, I’d come ...

An open page in a book that reads "so she lied"

Elephant is in the Room

I’ve been lying my whole life.   I lied in kindergarten that I liked ...

A table laid with small bowls of various items

A New Kind of Nowruz

Nowruz – the arrival of spring, the quiet awakening of nature, and, for some ...

Sunday’s Edge

I love silence. True, solitary silence. Like on a Sunday morning: there’s something unmistakable ...

The Meaning of Life

I watch birds rising and falling through the air. Sometimes one drifts alone—but only ...

Beach looking out to the ocean, with a ferris wheel at the end

All Streams Lead to the Ocean

Vibrations high and low, you were my sandbox. Soft water flowing nearby as i ...

Golden Threads

Some cultures live in museums. Mine lives in the kitchen. It begins with saffron. ...

Flavors of Life

I am alone in my room, sitting by the window, looking out. Through the ...