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The shape of daily life.

Our place here

The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter’s gravity tugs on […]

How things were

Iwrote this about a month after Bean was born. I can hardly recall that feeling of newness and fragility. Now we are so absorbed in the immediacy and robustness of this little person who smiles, and rolls, and just today for the first time started babbeling. Of course, his first babbeling sounds were “da da.” […]

Halflives, Brooke Williams

This is a passionate book that spoke to my soul about finding work that is symbiotic with a life that is whole–connected to nature and in balance. The book shared many small excerpts about nature that I found amazing: about the Shell Trail in Mexico, whale babies, cave art, and water freezing. Brooke’s passion and […]

His first taste