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November 2014

November 12, 2014

A Subtle Grace

My friend Callie wrote a marvelous essay on writing (or not writing), reading, and life...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

What If Age is Nothing But a Mind-Set?

The New York Times reports on an old study about age, and whether it may...

July 2014

July 28, 2014

Life, Death, and Vegetables

Over at Art House America, Christie Purifoy writes about life, death, and . . . vegetables:...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Summer Lake

At Art House America, Mary Van Denend writes about Summer Lake in Oregon - and,...

March 2014

March 12, 2014

What Will You Remember About This Chapter?

What will you remember of this chapter of your life? Over at Q Ideas, Micheal Hickerson...

February 2014

February 26, 2014

The Powerlessness of Positive Thinking

By now, the idea of the "power of positive thinking" is a cliche, but one...

October 2013

October 18, 2013

In Sickness, In Health

I spotted two articles recently about vocation . . . and illness. At Good Letters,...

September 2013

September 05, 2013

Working From Home

I have an office, but I also work from home sometimes, and my husband works...

July 2013

July 24, 2013

Can You Smell That? (No.)

I'll admit: I don't know much - if anything - about ansomia, the condition that...

July 05, 2013

Stop and Smell the Coffee

For many people in the U.S., today is a day off - and even if...

May 2013

May 24, 2013

You Can’t Think Your Way To God

Christianity Today has published an interview with my friend James K.A. Smith, the philosopher, editor of...

May 20, 2013

Repeating Yourself

There was a great little piece on the NY Times Opinionator blog about "the art...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

Pay It Forward (With Coffee)

This popped up on my Facebook feed this week and made me smile enough that...

April 12, 2013

Friendship Through Art Collecting

My friend Christy Tennant Krispin is one of the most intentional people I know --...

April 10, 2013

The Long View

Hello, everyone! I'm delighted to be contributing here, and grateful to Mark for asking me...

June 2011

June 29, 2011

Oh no! Harvard Frowns on Eating Potatoes!

An article in USA Today caught my eye: "Harvard weight study leaves taters tottering." This...

May 2011

May 28, 2011

A Miraculous Cure for Bug Bite Itching? This Remedy Really Works!

For the past several years, I have put up a version of this post. The...

May 26, 2011

Living Well: A Memory Tonic for the Aging Brain

Do you find yourself forgetting things that you should remember? Are you wishing that you...