This is Callie. She’s a four-year-old calico cat. She belonged to my mom, but then my mom died and now she lives with me and my two daughters. I was not super excited about inheriting a cat. I like cats, …
Zigzagging toward the light: How to love your path to growth
As I sit here thinking about the concept of a life’s journey, it occurs to me there are literally thousands of path metaphors I could use. You’ve heard them all… Sometimes the path of life is narrow, or dark, or …
Take a 1000-mile New Mexico road trip from the air
When I traveled as a kid and would tell people I was from New Mexico, it wasn’t unusual to hear, “You’re not American?” or, “Isn’t that an island?” For some reason, people don’t seem to understand there’s a whole state …
My conversation with the voice in my head at the DMV
If I made a list of my Top 10 Least Favorite Things to Do, somewhere toward the top would be, “cleaning the cat’s litterbox.” Above that would be, “going to the dentist.” Then jump up to number one and you’d …
The song that inspired this blog
A lot of “spiritual” thoughts have been zooming around my head the last couple of years. Part of this process surely has to do with getting older (and hopefully wiser?), as I struggle with some of the more existential questions …