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Minding Difference
A gray, rather dreary day. Maybe an inch of snow overnight. A cold start to the day is forecast to give way to relative warmth as the day unfolds. One of the joys of winter is clearly seeing the forms of bare trees. Differing species show dramatically diverse forms, reminding the viewer to actually pay…
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Writing: Challenging Colonizing Narratives
The other day a friend told me that she had decided to stop writing about her experience of extensive childhood trauma. She had spent months holed up in her tiny study, writing a couple, to several hours, each day. She was tired of retelling the same stories and could see no way forward into new…
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Birds and Complex Systems
A chilly week, light snow now and again but not enough accumulation to halt the shrinkage of the snow pack. Today is forecast to be warmer with snow and rain. The perfectly shaped, leaf-bared maple tree that is framed by our office window sways vigorously in the brisk breeze. We have a morning ritual: a…
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Surprised By Beauty
Our lengthy January thaw continues. It is a relief to be warm, to catch a glimpse of sun, and to walk safely, if carefully, across parking lots. Speaking of thaws, yesterday I was reminded that every now and then beauty intrudes, catching our attention in the most mundane of locations. We were grocery shopping when,…
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