Being Motion
I want to write about how excited I am about my upcoming road trip, but I know anything I would try to say about it has already been said by someone […]
Monthly Archives: September 2014
The great anti-climax
Thought I’d try to elaborate on a comment I made about the Huffpo entry Grief in the Rearview: I noted in reading her piece that she sort of speeded up […]
On feeling better
I’d like to add to a conversation started here at Huffington Post, and continued here by the very thoughtful Julie Gillis. In the original Huffpo post, Christy Heitger-Ewing lists 8 things you should […]
Ten minute blog post! Go!
This morning I was thinking about all the things that came together to help me through my burnout this year, which in turn (or coincidentally) were also really great for […]
On the Road… with Benny?
I have been fantasizing about taking an “epic” road trip through the Southwest for many years. Now I finally have it planned! I’m leaving October 7 and will drive through […]
Things to keep
I just read Joan Didion’s Blue Nights, a sort of sequel to her wonderful memoir The Year of Magical Thinking, which I read the year it came out, 2007, three […]
Another writer tackles her grief
A friend sent me a link to a post on Huffington Post written by a young writer thinking about braving the subject matter of her mother’s death. She was just 21 […]
Burnout and fear of life/death
I’ve been reading some buddhist perspectives on death and dying and some themes keep coming up that I think have something to do with my experience of burn out. While I […]
A poet’s response to grief
Joy Katz captures some of the frustration of dealing with other people when you are grieving. This essay at the Poetry Foundation is full of lines that resonate with me. […]
Ballet and Willie
Watch the leap at 55 seconds! Mama’s heart soared at beauty and the trust it required. She expected to be able to trust people this way in real life, and was always […]
Benny Is Barking 