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The day the words were gone
Words, my faithful companions since day 1, flew daintily out the window over the series of days we call March. Perhaps they took it literally as Leap Year’s bossy February 29th delayed its entrance....
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The battle of surrender
Suffice it to say, it has been a weird, weird Spring. Frozen in a state of paralysis, I watched time first stand still, then rush down the corridor in a torrent. Weeks spilled into weekends into a...
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Connecting in a world gone distant
The echo chamber of social media rings large as we scramble for connection in a world gone distant. Phone calls, video conferences, sporadic social-distanced meetings on park benches and the like. I am...
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When distance closes in
The smile slid automatically across my face. It started with a leaning forward, a tenuous glance and then a full-blown visceral response. Eyes locked on eyes, we shared the joy amongst the 6-foot...
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The Grief of a Nation
It is hard to describe to someone who is not a US citizen what it feels like to watch your birth nation fall apart at the seams. The endemic issues that have percolated to the surface are not new, but...
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The deep exhalation
As the fog tumbled slowly down our lane, I felt a quiet awakening of spirit and an inward song left too long unsung. The egregious years of reckoning sank solemnly upon our heads and hearts as we...
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A New Us
When I was a child, I played a dice game at the local fair. The smell of hot dogs and cotton candy loomed above me as I sat on the bar stool, tossing the dice in hopes of winning a prize. In my tender...
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When darkness births a flame
“When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid. The new dawn balloons as we free it. For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be...
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Scared senseless
Are you scared? So am I. And I am doing it anyway. Life promised me things. A great career, a great relationship, a great horizon. As I deepened myself in the process of it all, I emerged broken,...
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Dipping into the Matrix
Wordle. An addictive word-guessing game that has you coming back for more. I started playing a few months ago. First for fun. Then for meaning. And for anyone who knows me, they know my first love has,...
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