“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way

A cold coming we had of it Just the worst time of year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very

Seven years ago I posted my first winter reflection, acknowledging the longest night of our northern winter solstice. This year the solstice fell at 4:21 AM on December 21, Eastern

When they brought her to be baptized, she was given her mother’s name, Aurelia. But when her father peered into her cradle he announced, “her hair looks like thistledown”.  Her

On days when I feel, like the poet, “that the world is too much with us,” I often turn to one of a handful of poems that through the years

Every day, before we began to work, Charles would gather us in a circle, invite us to join hands as he prayed, “Heavenly Father, thank you for this day that

That Old Story, Limerick-style.  Part 2, (in Egypt and so on) In Egypt, Joe had great success. But for others it was simply a mess. Israel was oppressed, distressed and

That Old Story, Limerick-style.  Part 1   First came Adam and Eve and the snake who said, “from this tree you should take the apple of life.” But it led

I was fourteen when my handsome and adored older cousin asked me to be his baby daughter’s godmother. The tradition went back at least three generations. My mother had been

Next year, on this day, Concord will celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the battle at the Old North Bridge.  I imagine it must have been a day

She was always glad to see me. The day might be sunny, stormy, dismal or freezing, it never affected her mood, as far as I could know what her mood

It was a misty moisty morning. Because I had missed my group walk at Walden Pond, I was feeling as cloudy as the weather. Off, then, to do some errands,