September 2026
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Human Needs | To Be Present
Before we can ask what a life means, there are needs that allow us simply to inhabit it. To be present is to be able to recognize that we are here, in this moment, inside the life that is happening now. It does not require perfect attention, constant gratitude, or the ability to quiet every… Continue reading
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We Thought There Was One
One Green Heron who had discovered the Puddle and decided it was worth returning to. I had learned where to look for it, down along the water or tucked into the branches where a small bird can disappear surprisingly well. Then tonight I looked again. There was one standing near the water. And another sitting… Continue reading
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Character Shapes the Path
September 6, 2026 This morning, something small found its way to me at just the right time. A graphic appeared in my Facebook feed about September, character, choices, destiny, and legacy. It would have been easy to scroll past. Instead, I stopped. Maybe because today is September 6. Maybe because it is my birthday. Maybe… Continue reading
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Decluttering Decades | Your Home Does Not Have to Look Organized. It Has to Work for You.
Last week, we began by making the field of vision smaller. Rather than looking at an entire house filled with decades of belongings, we started where we were and asked whether there was something to our right or left that needed a decision. Before we go much farther, there is something else we need to… Continue reading
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Arriving at 56
Today, at 12:10 in the afternoon, I will officially be fifty-six years old. I was born at Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, on September 6, 1970, which makes me a Virgo by date and, depending on who you ask, apparently explains quite a bit about me. I can certainly recognize some of those traits… Continue reading
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Human Needs | To Live
Before we can ask what a life means, there are needs that allow us simply to inhabit it. To live sounds like the simplest of human needs. We are alive, therefore we are living. But being biologically alive and experiencing ourselves as participants in our own lives are not always the same thing. To live… Continue reading
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I Thought You Were Mud
I almost missed today’s newest visitor because, quite honestly, I thought it was a little piece of mud sitting on the patio. There was nothing about it that immediately announced itself as alive. It was tiny, still, and almost perfectly matched to the gray pavers beneath it. Then I looked again. That little piece of… Continue reading
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While I Wasn’t Looking
Late last night, that web was not there. We had left the awning out because I wasn’t sleeping well and thought I might want to come back outside for a while. By morning, apparently someone else had decided the patio might be useful too. I am by no means a fan of spiders. I can… Continue reading
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It Was Still Worth Coming Outside
There are days when going outside feels like a simple decision, and there are days when it feels like something I have to negotiate with my own body. Today was one of those days. I was hurting more than usual, walking was difficult, sitting was not especially comfortable, and I was already tired before the… Continue reading
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