A little over a year ago, when I was in the process of leaving my […]

There is something moving within me beneath thought; something I sense only as a subtle […]

I’m sitting at the silent table in the communal dining room, looking down at my […]

I just finished a 3-hour garden shift with a new intern. My back is sore, […]

Sitting at the airport in LA, preparing to board a flight back to Portland, I […]

I had been crying on and off for a week ever since spending a few […]

I think I am finally getting a spark of understanding about what the Troubadors sang […]

I am beginning to feel myself closing down.  I’m not introducing myself to new guests […]

“I seek purification by the grace of God.”  I never thought I would say such […]