by Anne Rose Hart | Sep 24, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Anne Rose Hart | Sep 18, 2020 | Blog, Inspiration
By the age of 5, I had already firmly rejected my femininity, having at some level decided that girly-ness equated to weakness — and weak, I was NOT. In kindergarten, the most rowdy boy went around lifting up the girls’ skirts and peering underneath,...
by Anne Rose Hart | Jul 15, 2020 | Blog
The psychological impact of COVID is likely to take far longer to recover from, than the virus itself. I passed a group of hikers who were moving slowly on this trail… all of them wearing masks. And my heart hurt. Because the whole mask issue has become yet another...
by Anne Rose Hart | Jun 18, 2020 | Blog, Inspiration
The water ran deep and fast, and there’s no bridge. “Early season crossings may be hazardous,” the trail guide warns. Only 2.5 miles into the hike, I wasn’t about to get soaked, only to be wet for the next 10 miles. So I peeled off my clothes,...