With quiet anticipation, I pick up my favorite knife and the avocado that I have deemed is most likely ripe, finally. I slice it in half...

I am writing this newsletter on Groundhog Day. It got me thinking about the film and wondering if I could choose a day to repeat again...

Last week my husband Mark and I watched the Ram Dass memorial service, sponsored by Seva Foundation. Ram Dass was one of its founding...

What do theater, the brain, and empathy have to do with one another? You’ll find out when you watch Josh Kornbluth’s latest one-person...

I have rejoined a book group that I had to leave when I moved from Oakland, CA to Lafayette, LA more than ten years ago. It was just one...

Each day, each hour, and in between I “take my pulse.” How do I feel physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually? At times I am calm,...

This morning on my walk, I thought about how I have needed ways to “escape” during this pandemic. Where are my places to go when I don’t...

"In Senegal, the polite expression for saying someone died is to say his or her library has burned. When I first heard the phrase, I...

This is a time of deep crisis and reckoning in the United States. For many, including for me, it is a time of sadness and anger over the...

As I venture out into the neighborhood on my daily walks, I notice how beautiful people’s yards have become. It is not just because it is...

So much has changed since I wrote last month’s newsletter. I send you and your family love and compassion. A big thank you to health...

I headed outside for a walk with a physical ache in my behind and an emotional ache in my heart. The combination has given me the blues...

Sometimes there is a spark. Something triggers an idea or an image and if we allow ourselves to trust in that moment, it takes us on a...

How will you stand up in 2020? As we start the new year it is an apropos time to reflect on an array of questions. Here are some to get...

A couple of years ago, in the Theatre and Performance rooms at the Victoria & Albert Museum, I felt joyful as I walked around the three

Exuberance is the word that came to mind as I watched, listened, and danced to the gospel choir and band on the steps of the Emmanuel...

I’m often surprised by how good it feels to check things off of my list. Recently my husband and I have taken steps to update our legal...

As the noises of life and the distractions from media and our gadgets grow, I seem to enjoy quiet more and more. Not the absence of...

I must admit that sometimes I feel despair. I read the newspaper in the morning and am overcome by sadness and anger at our leaders’ lack...

In the doctor’s office waiting room this week, the patients staged a mutiny. Okay, that is a bit of an exaggeration. After one person...