I am absentminded, reckless, heedless of social obligations, etc. It is as it must be. The tire goes flat, the tooth falls out, there will be a hundred meals without mustard. The poem gets written. I have wrestled with the angel and I am stained with light and I have no shame. Neither do I have ... View Post
meet me at the villa
*music by JHunger Michelle & Elizabeth went on an adventure it was like a dream (a really, really good dream) neither of them had ever been to Italy before but they quickly learned the important words: pazzo! gelato! va bene! perfetto! the vistas were extraordinary, but what ... View Post
indefensible amounts of beauty
My love for Elizabeth Gilbert is a well-documented fact. And, as with any great love, my adoration only deepens with each new glimpse into her attitude toward life. Case in point, the interview below. The sad truth is, had this conversation been recorded in Swahili and therefore completely ... View Post
Easy Street
One of my first jobs after college was to teach French and coach lacrosse at a boarding school. What I didn’t know, was that I was also going to be one of the lucky faculty who got to take groups of freshman up into the White Mountains for a three-day orientation weekend where there would be much ... View Post
stepping into a new chapter
I love beginnings. (I also love a great ending, but that’s a story for a different day). Starting a new day, a new week, a new month—or the big momma of them all—the new year, provides (for the optimists among us) the chance to make things a bit better, improve upon those aspects of our life ... View Post
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