by Marie Hathaway This time last year, it seemed like 2021 was bound to be easier than 2020. And yet, in many ways, it proved more troublesome, the path ahead less clear. Embarking on 2022, amid stock market plummets and COVID case surges, we find ourselves afloat on a choppy […]
compassion
by Carol S. Hyman The Greeks acknowledged love’s nuances with many names. This year my Valentine goes out to America, wishing for a wave of love to sweep over our land, an upswelling of pragma, the word the Greeks used for a love built on commitment, understanding, and long-term best […]
by Marie Hathaway I can’t tell you how long I’ve been a cat person without a cat. My family always had one or two cats while I was growing up. But once I started living on my own it seemed like an expense I couldn’t afford. Then when I was […]
Life as we know it would not exist without water. But this blessing can turn into a curse when it goes where we don’t want it to be. Just ask those people who’ve been flooded out of their towns in middle America this spring and summer. Or ask any unfortunate homeowner. Like me.