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October 2018

October 17, 2018

Waiting for Nothing to Happen

When I was in my twenties, toward the end of a not-especially-dissolute but nonetheless untethered...

August 2018

August 01, 2018

I’ll Be Waiting Right Here

Apparently, running late may be a symptom of optimism, creativity, and literally perceiving time differently....

June 2018

June 06, 2018

Cutting Away the Noise

Fifteen years ago, there was no end to the noise. It took a cutting to...

May 2018

May 28, 2018

I Am Not a Mother: I’m a Human Being

“You’re not a good mom!” My ten-year-old daughter shouted as she stomped up to her...

May 01, 2018

Sowing the Seeds of Love

My daughter asked me to bring some food to the swim meet when I came....

April 2018

April 20, 2018

Poetry Friday: “The Years Were Patient with Me”

I love this poem because it mirrors the passing of time, patiently guiding readers through...

January 2018

January 19, 2018

Poetry Friday: “The Music before the Music”

It is often hard to find the language to describe the sounds and impact of...

January 18, 2018

On Monks, Conversion, and Radio Astronomy, Part 2

On my second day at the abbey, I bounced around, trying to listen, to feel,...

January 17, 2018

Of Monks, Conversion, and Radio Astronomy, Part 1

In the middle of life, I fell in love. For my forty-ninth birthday, my wife...

January 04, 2018

“A Pair of Silk Stockings” and Other Frivolous Pleasures of Mothers

After a harrowing weekend of yelling at my children, I decided I needed to take...

September 2017

September 25, 2017

Questions for the One Who Waits

Psalm 27 is read by Jews from the beginning of the Jewish month of Elul...

June 2017

June 23, 2017

Poetry Friday: “Japanese Wall Hanging”

I find myself reading this poem both literally and as a metaphor for our lives....

March 2016

March 07, 2016

The Abandoned, Broken, and Burned

By the time you read this, inshallah, we will have the new dishwasher purchased and...

January 2014

January 14, 2014

Zeal for Thy House

It’s January 1 and the first Mass of the year finds me slouched onto the...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

We are on the lip of September. August has passed rapidly once again, predictably, dying...

January 2013

January 17, 2013

The Peril of False Spring

It’s January, but the weatherman says the temperatures will creep up near seventy for the...

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