Lent 2023 - Murrelets

My 91 year old uncle died a few weeks ago. Since he passed, I have had conversations with 3 cousins, two of whom are his children. When one of these …

Lightness is a dominant metaphor in Christianity—this idea that we are moving towards and seeking out the light. After a long winter I am certainly h…

I am doing the prompt from Day 34 instead. What lies ahead for you? What are you looking forward to? I am glad this is a question asked. I understand…

While I have now gone digital with my own photos, I still like photos that I can touch. I was looking through the photo album my mother kept for me t…

I am going to substitute a prompt from earlier this week for today’s (one I missed)—the one about things lost. About a month ago, my husband accident…

When I was 26, I took a year off from graduate school to go to Germany. I had won a Rotary scholarship, which meant I was there mainly to be what the…

Something that makes me angry is when people make me feel guilty for feeling angry . . . or when I myself react to my anger by feeling like there is …

I have written some about ancestors already, particularly my maternal line, mostly Danes. My mother’s father, however, was Swedish, with a name to pr…

Mar 17, Day 21 Raised in suburbs and cities, I enjoyed our old neighborhood in Massachusetts--a rural neighborhood at the edge of the Berkshires with…

I wish I my memory included the memories of some of my ancestors—or, I wish I knew more about their daily lives and experiences; how they processed t…

I decided to respond to a prompt from last week that I missed rather than today's prompt--the prompt about what gives you relief and helps you es…

Day 16 In the fall I taught a course for an over-50 academic enrichment program on nineteenth-century women speakers and writers. The writers I focus…

I remember a friend from graduate school who came from the Texas Panhandle. Her first job out of grad school was in Arkansas, but after a few years, …

Hello stress and anxiety. Are you visiting me yet again? Sneaking up behind me and shadowing me through my days? I know you are there because I feel …

I have a close friend back east whom I still try to remain in touch with, though mostly through e-mail. We went on outings together and had long, lov…

My heritage is mostly Swedish and Danish. I often find it ironic that Denmark along with other Scandinavian countries are known for their high degree…

Some things I wish people would change their minds about (not in order of importance): That . . . Climate change is real Racism exists and is institu…

I took an early retirement in order to follow my husband west. What I miss most in my new life is the sense of purpose I had through my profession. N…

Toes or fingers, endlessly tapping and low-level nausea that won’t go away. Flushed skin but cold hands. Words stuck in the throat and a noise-filled…

I am doing yesterday’s prompt, because I only just started receiving the prompts, and I found it drew me more. Something—something even life changing…