Archive - seventysomething

January 2025

Waiting and Hoping

It is challenging to find words to express what we’re going through.

Jan 29 •

Chinese Checkers

When we arrived in Cabo on January 10th, the inauguration seemed safely far away.

Jan 22 •

Friends…..If you’d like to comment on today’s essay, A Kind of Paradise, please do so on the site itself.

Jan 15 •

A Kind of Paradise

I don’t make my peace with paradise by flicking a switch.

Jan 15 •

On the last day of the year, David Whyte posted what he called “a rebellious little New Year’s gift.” There was no vulgarity, no anarchic foaming at the…

Jan 8 •

Begin at the Beginning

The three children, two five year old boys and a three year old girl, stood before the menorah in rapt silence, watching as I lit the shamash and then…

Jan 1 •

December 2024

Clearly, I have a lot to learn.

Dec 25, 2024 •

The Joy of Stories

For many years, I’ve been allergic to narrative.

Dec 18, 2024 •

I’m on my way from Minnesota back to California for the winter.

Dec 11, 2024 •

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