got my wings back

got my wings back

I made my first solo flight this weekend. Years ago, right after my divorce in the raw stage of feeling like I’d just lost everything and was starting over from scratch with a one-year old-son, a ridiculously lean bank account, and a huge vision, all my...

Soul Transplanting

Whoops. That was uglier than I’d expected. I bought a new houseplant today, to replace the top-shelf plant that seems to be dead. Eager to place the fresh tendrils into their new home on the shelf, I reach into the soil to pull the plant out of the hanging...
“Ants have lives too!”

“Ants have lives too!”

My son, age 11, came storming in the door on the verge of tears. He’d just met some new kids in the neighborhood, and they’d gathered in our driveway, where a colony of ants had created their home between the concrete and the grass lawn. Cedar and I had...