Home – to me – comprises several different places. I know at once when I’m there because the air smells different. Safe and familiar. There are landmarks that bring comfort – the red front door, the walls with academic posters, jazz shoes and scripts, Mom & Dad’s table, the wide corridor to the college group… Continue reading The Geography of Home
On my most recent summer vacation, I read a book that completely revolutionized my thinking. Books like these are not too common, and when they happen, I feel like I want to re-read them immediately to soak in everything I might have missed the first time. Indeed, I felt like I had been thirsting for… Continue reading Radically Ordinary Hospitality
A few weeks ago, I was driving home from McTeacher Night, and realized – I’ve been driving these same streets for the past 15 years. For the first 15 years of my life, I lived in four different cities/towns and seven different houses/apartments. But now, I can say that I’ve lived half of my life… Continue reading This is My Community + These Are My People
A week and a half ago, I ended my three-year journey in my first “home of my own” – what I affectionately had termed “The Wee Little Nestie.” They were a beautiful three years as I stepped out on my own away from my parents’ home for the first time and experienced my first three… Continue reading A Home with 107 Stories
I absolutely love this time of year … from December 1st to January 1st , it’s a time of wonder and beauty, gift-giving, resolution-making, cookie-baking … and traditions. Traditions have always meant something dear to me, although I haven’t really realized it until these past few years, when I’ve begun to relish them with purpose… Continue reading Sweet Traditions of Christmas
