In those depths of stillness and doing, living and dying, we see what we are capable of, what we can and cannot control—and we rest. Then, we return with something more valuable, and perhaps more innately practical: the next version of ourselves. I...

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy. Eudora Welty I have heard it said that joy is a decision. That makes sense to me in the way we find what we look for. Taking an excursion can mean m...

I have been thinking about the number of times I have laughed so hard snot flew from my nose and tears came to my eyes. I have been thinking about the magnetism of joyous people. I have been thinking about the sound of children on a playground. I hav...

The periodic pleasure/ of small happenings/ is upon us From Meena Alexander's "Darling Coffee" Small happenings are rituals. Rituals of the everyday. Rituals of the magical. Rituals of the universal. Rituals of the seasons. Rituals of the tides. R...