The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe, by Richard Rohr, is one of the most thought-provoking and expansive books I’ve read in ages. In short, he perceives our world as one…
Anxiety. Dread. Terror. Repulsion. The cicadas are coming for my face – soon – and I am not okay. My friend Google and the fearless Margaret Atwood offered some advice this week. Here are five suggestions and strategies, in case…
My father’s spirit left his body in a darkened room six weeks ago. On the wings of his last breath, it ascended – a small cloud of color and energy. Believing, disbelieving – that is what my eyes saw….
Snowballs float, field balm prays, Crow’s bane smiles, tulips fray (in my half-wild yard). A springtime poem by James Wright made me all joyful inside and I hope you’ll love it too… A Blessing by James Wright Just off the…
It’s almost here! The 35th annual Southern Festival Books brings over 150 authors to Nashville for interviews and conversation beginning tomorrow morning and running through Sunday. This year it’s being held on the grounds between the Tennessee State Museum and…
Lately I’ve been preoccupied with the question of what constitutes a good and useful life. Or, as Barbie would ask, what was I made for? It was a relief to have a deadline from StyleBlueprint for my Top 10 Reads…
The sea came calling this week, in word and song. I listened, from my parched garden, dried out by September’s sun. Emily Dickinson began… I Started Early – Took My Dog I started Early – Took my Dog – And…
In a bad mood, I ordered a chocolate cherry smoothie from Clean Juice and went to pick it up. After that, I sat outside on the porch with the dogs in the waning afternoon. I checked in on a couple of…
From Parnassus Books: Summer’s over – it’s back to Book Club! Does your club need some new suggestions for the upcoming year? Join us for a night of book club fun as we welcome JENNIFER PURYEAR, contributor at StyleBlueprint, and…