I love having a story read to me. Our friend Tom, introduced us to Audible books, and I find it lets me double-task. If my husband and I agree on a book to listen to, we do so while we…
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The Bitter and the Savory
We are all looking for ways to find meaning during this time that just seems to stretch on and on. I love baking, but since I started having a wheat intolerance, I haven’t been doing much baking. Instead, I’ve been…
Upper Midwest Musings
The earth is gifting us with great beauty this month. As my husband and I travelled through western Pennsylvania and then Michigan, from south to north, we were struck with the clarity and brilliance of maples and birches donning their…
Reading My Way Through the Pandemic
I find that one of the few pleasures of this time is reading. I am reading more than usual, but with no children to chase around, I have more time than many other people. For me it is submersion. The…
Going To Mass
Right from the beginning of the pandemic, when we were down in Palm Springs, and all the churches were closed, my husband wanted to make sure we went to mass some how each week. We watched as our favorite Irish…
Abundance
I never imagined we would harvest nearly thirty butternut squash from volunteer plants growing out of the compost we dumped on our garden. What joy to have abundance enough to share! Listening to zoom presentations and conversations with Irish poet…
Creativity, Courage, and Resilience
We took a trip to DC yesterday and it is interesting to see how differently various localities are treating mask wearing. In Washington, every person on the street had a mask on. This is because of an order from the…
What Remains
For three glorious days this past week, my husband and I were on the Eastern Shore--Chincoteague Island--with my sister and her husband. We felt far from the flames on the west coast and grateful for the clean spaciousness of the…
Which Crisis?
I am carrying on with the daily chores of life, although with a little more care and trepidation than a few weeks ago. So many students are infected but have stayed in town, so I am trying to avoid running…
Smoky
Here we are at Lake Tahoe, California, living in a condo in the forest. California's fires are on the news every day. Relatives of mine in Ireland wrote and said they saw it on their news station. It's been frightening…
