“Shell Yeah”
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In every inward journey there are repeating themes. Themes like family of origin relationships, relationships with partner or spouse, and past trauma, with either a little “t” or a capital “T.” Because these big themes of life are both universal and foundational to our experience, we often need to work through them more than once. Read more
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Recently a friend and I played with the idea of Kintsugi —the Japanese practice of mending broken pottery with gold, as a radical metaphor for mending our own broken shards. Our human tendency is to discard or completely bury the broken parts of ourselves. We can’t imagine that they might be of any value, let Read more
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Oh, my, what an absolute treat my sister and I had this week! We connected with Kim Brown, who was one of our babysitters when we were in elementary school. It’s been decades since either of us had been in touch with her, losing track across all of our multiple moves. I googled her on Read more
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Happy Birthday, Deborah! Read more
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Genetically, I’m Wonder Bread White, with roots deep in rural Iowa and South Dakota. My ancestral geography stretches across Northern Europe: England, Sweden, Germany, and Ireland, with a bit of Scotland kilted around the edges. My roots are also rural and small town White, which, in the minds of the coastal elite, translates instantly to Read more
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I have a story to tell you. It’s the story of a long chapter of my life. A current and a past chapter. One that I hope will end, but it might not. Before I begin, there is one rule, dear reader. This is my story. I’m neither looking for, nor receptive to edits or Read more
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“Hammerhead, Hammerhead, Hammerhead…” On and on it went. Endless teasing from two of my second grade classmates in the halls and on the blacktop playground at Neshaminy Elementary school in Langhorne, PA. I played with the boys at recess. The girls jumped rope. I joined games of tag. The occasional fall landed me in the Read more
The Hammer Times 