Tag: self-assessment

Force of Nature: Returning to the Self

[6.22.24] During a windstorm in April, the bottom of our 40 ft aspen slowly rose from the ground as a neighbor shouted from his yard. Our house is in a dense cul-de-sac and the fall of this tree, the tallest in a cluster of 3, was caught by a pine nearby. Both leaned at 45…
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Not Suffering is a Good Thing

I couldn’t put the book down. I read half of it the first day, until 1:30 a.m., under bright lights in the master bath as my beloved snored away. I thought I would finish one chapter and go to bed, but I was rooting for this self-aware, thin-boned ex-party chick to trek more miles with…
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