Jun 17, 2019
As a very small child, I thought nobody had grandparents. I have an early memory of a TV special about what I now know to be the mythical practice of senicide in Japan: an elderly woman carried to a desolate mountaintop in winter by her son, and left there to die. I...
Jan 10, 2011
Welcome to what’s sure to be an interesting year. Last week, I planned on writing about the reading and workshop I did at Miriam’s Kitchen, but the New Year and a brush with a virus laid me down. I love what the name of this nonprofit represents. Miriam...
Jun 11, 2010
I am in the Bay area, thanks to a generous friend with extra frequent flyer miles. (Clinical fellowships in Reiki, however cool sounding they might be, don’t pay my bus fare, never mind Rockies-crossing travel). Yesterday we walked eight miles through Redwood...
May 28, 2010
I’ve had to be at the hospital four days this week as part of GWU Hospital’s volunteer credentialling process. You have to do not one but two different applications, a physical, a background check (yes, I actually do have a record, which precludes me from...