by Sara Etgen-Baker Last Thursday my washer quit spinning, leaving in its wake a tub full of wet, heavy clothes. I grumbled and stared inside the washer, knowing I lacked the arm strength to wring out the excess water in each item of clothing. What I wouldn’t have given at that moment to have my […]
Wisdom
July 29 – Embracing the Gift of Imperfection
by Karen Price Three hens live at our house — Cinnamon, Clove, and Pepper. The first two are friendly Buff Orpingtons and for the latter is a Black Maran. The buff lay the lighter brown eggs and the Maran lays what is known as chocolate eggs. Who wouldn’t want a chicken that lays chocolate eggs? […]
June 3 – A Close Look at Guilt
by Sara Etgen-Baker Guilt and worry are perhaps the most common forms of my personal distress. With guilt I focus on a past event, feeling dejected, hurt, or angry about something that I did or said, and use up my present moments being occupied with feelings over past behavior. With worry, I use up my […]
April 29 – Inner Landscapes
by Ariela Zucker “Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.” Charles Lindbergh On the road to my daughter’s home, this morning, I drive by the river. I look at its shimmering blue, now that it got freed from the […]
March 25 – Mortality Musings
by Kalí Rourke Mom Rourke was declining at 92 years old. The scalpel sharp intellect and memory we had enjoyed for years was slowly but inevitably eroding, and for a while, Mom railed in anger and frustration at her loss of control. We learned so much as my husband’s older sister cared for Mom during […]
March 14 – Cooking for Passover
by Ariela Zucker It is my mother’s cookbook that I kept after she passed away many years ago, so most of the recipes are hers. Every year I open it a few days before Passover and minutes later I am treading knee-deep in thoughts and images and even the smells of my childhood. I know from […]
