As my parents adventure through their seventies I frequently contemplate the differing ways that we age. Some people fixate on the numbers, the statistics, the chronologically worsening odds. Others defy the odds, not so much by fighting age or existing outside of the real world continuum, but by mentally and emotionally transcending the pull of time. My mother is one of the best examples of ...
Earth Day
Tomorrow is the day to stop to pray to dirt. To stop and pray for dirt. [pullquote]Tomorrow is the day, one single day each year, that we atone for the other 364 days.[/pullquote] For terra. Earth. Our world. This magnificent orb hurtling toward tomorrow's mysteries while we wax nostalgic about the joys of yesterday. Yesteryear. Us-ness. Idealized. Patinated. Tomorrow is the day, one single ...
Wonder
Do you ever stop to wonder why the green ink spilling from your fountain pen in paisleys and undulating hills doesn't seep through the paper like water following hidden seams in the earth, seeping into the streams and rivers then emptying into the ocean? Some questions breed questions, not answers. Or at least that's been my experience. It likely explains my perennially perplexed ...
Carpe Mediae Aetatis
Carpe mediae aetatis? What?!?! Think, "carpe diem". Now think, "midlife". Put it together, and the closest literal translation I've come up with is "carpe mediae aetatis". I like this better... Carpe midlife! It has a nice ring to it, don't you think? Carpe midlife. Carpe mediae aetatis. Carpe Diem + Midlife = Carpe Midlife I'm pretty sure my middle school Latin (and even the able wizardry ...
Questions
"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers." ~ Voltaire Have you ever caught yourself searching for answers to questions long forgotten? Don't worry, you're not alone. It's probably an indication that you should turn off, count to 10, and reboot... Remember, questions trump answers! SaveSave ...
Ambiguity
“I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.” ~ Gilda Radner Uncertainty and ambiguity tend to become anathema in grown-up life. Marriage, parenting, career, ...