Dear Friends, I have been experiencing this Summer as a time of passage. I bet many of us have. Our year of pandemic lockdown, with the ongoing transitions and adjustments, has been so challenging. It feels like I have…
Dear Friends, You’ve been in my heart these recent weeks, forgive my delay in writing this month’s Glimmer. Call it Summer fun, call it Covid ennui, call it I’m-in-the-middle-of-a-17-book-series-about-Maisie-Dobbs-and-I can’t-stop-reading-! But as July comes to a close, I think of you with such…
Dear Friends, We’ve traveled through many topics these years together: loss, hope, authenticity, trust. Before and during the pandemic, we have considered the stories that teach us about ourselves, people and the world around us. Today, as June unfolds in it’s own…
Dear Friends, Spring has arrived at Lake Beseck! New life in the form of yellow-er goldfinches, greening tree branches, and bright, red tulips popping up to say, “Hello!” The birds sound so…
Dear Friends, I’ve started a new “practice.” I’m having lunch with my dad. As I put together a salad or warm up some leftovers, I anticipate the warmth of our connection. Sometimes I light a candle, sometimes I…
Dear Friends, My husband and I have been living in our town for 14 years. It’s a rural community in central Connecticut of 4, 381 souls, where we are blessed with lakes, wooded areas, and all four of Earth’s seasons. When we first moved…
Dear Friends, Six years ago, this month, I made a commitment to you. I made a commitment to myself, as well. Each month, as I write from my heart, I reach out to your hearts, and share a story, an image, a message…
Dear Friends, I was walking the grounds of our local Christmas tree farm the other day. The tree was selected, sawed down, and traveling up the path…
Dear Friends, Our holiday-season journey has begun. Though this year is unlike any other (please forgive this over-used phrase of our incomprehensible reality), we carry the expectations and traditions of all the years before. Holidays are all about tradition… ritual… returning to a place…
Dear Friends, You’ve been on my mind. Here we are in the last week of October, and the reality of living in America is heating up. How are you doing? I wanted to be in touch before the election, before…