Nostalgia for Places of the Past

Nostalgia for Places of the Past

 In September of 2024, I moved back to my childhood home — not the house, but the community of Western Massachusetts where I grew up. I haven’t lived here for decades, but it was time to come back, to spend time with my aging parents, and to have an anchor...
Moving Away

Moving Away

It’s hard to describe the feeling of moving away. I’ve moved from Miami before–during COVID-19–but last year I moved back to the city. This year, I moved away again. It wasn’t the same city as I remembered–of course. The traffic was...
The Garden: Digging into Stories

The Garden: Digging into Stories

To find stories, we need to dig deep. Let’s think about the metaphor of “digging deep” — are we digging for the stories of the dead whose voices have not been heard? Are we digging for “treasures”?  Perhaps we can also think of the...
River Journeys & Lessons

River Journeys & Lessons

How do we think about paths? When we envision journeys — including life journeys — it seems the default is to imagine a path. What about thinking of the journey as movement along a body of water: a river? During the cruise, I shared my presentations about...