So far in 2026

All these little moments and bits of news add up to one big, wonderful life.

Sundial Garden

This year our gardens are mostly experiments, while we learn what works and what is needed to make the plants happier.

Finding Satisfaction from Birds

Children, like birds, will delight you or frustrate you and that is entirely dependent upon YOU, not them.

Wachusett Skiing

We will all be ridiculous together.

OYL June 3

I look back at my COVID journal from a year ago. May 27, 2020. “Crossed the 100,000 mark today. That’s sad. Tara is legitimately convinced that this fall and winter the second surge of COVID will be even worse in the US.” Tara turned out to be absolutely right, and to a degree that probably […]

Pandemic epistemology

Science is used to maximize the probability that we know what we think we know.

Feet First

It pays off big time to take risks.

Moving to colour

In 2006 I was exposed – in a different way! – to oil painting.

CCO Leadership Workshops

I am sad that I wasn’t raised with this teaching, but I am so grateful to belong to this Nation.

I’m Not Graceful

My mother’s health failed rapidly, once we finally heard the diagnosis of cancer. And I have had multiple stages of not dealing with any of it gracefully. This is probably because it has come on so fast. Just when I make peace with a stage, we move on to another shocking phase. In a meeting […]