The Spaces Between
Polly Jenkins Man
February 17, 2017
It’s good to get outside and walk at this time of year. When the sky is winter white, nests appear, invisible when the leaves of the trees are green.
It’s good to get outside and walk at this time of year. When the sky is winter white, nests appear, invisible when the leaves of the trees are green.
The sign is there, and the rock cairn laid stone by stone; pilgrims paying homage to the one who came to discover his life beside the kettle pond. There too are
How did today become Groundhog Day? It seems to have started as an ancient European secular version of the Christian Candlemas, using a furry brown rodent as a weather forecaster.
They kept on coming and coming, some on foot or by any means of transportation available First by the hundreds, then by the thousands. Those who had planned to be
The big moment came and went and I was not where I hoped to be. Yet, as it turned out, I was exactly where I was meant to be. My
Among the many foundational stories in the Judaeo-Christian tradition is one that I particularly cherish. It’s about the courage of three women who risked their lives and reputations to save
What happened is, we grew lonely living among the things, so we gave the clock a face, the chair a back, the table four stout legs which will never suffer fatigue…
In the movie version of Frank Loesser’s 1950 Broadway hit, Guys and Dolls, Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando sing: “What’s playing at the Roxy? I’ll tell you what’s playing at