Yesterday, after I got a few tasks done around the house, I took the bus to IKEA. The official purpose… Read more quiet

This is the time of the year when perfectly normal adults turn into sad, wistful, lonely former children who can’t… Read more happy whatever it is

My friend Mary once said I have “oppositional defiant disorder,” by which I’m pretty sure she meant to be funny… Read more expectations

Some years ago, I bought a landscape painting at the Rittenhouse Square art show. The painting is medium size, about… Read more just over the hill

I have a little rag-bag task list of things I do on the regular; I call them my “dailies,” and… Read more half-assing as spiritual practice