Pt. 6/31 in the Moon Cycle blog series. Today was a full day; I attended the first of 3 days of Executive Director management training, then I made dinner and spent time with my housemates. As such, I’m turning in for the evening full of… Read More
Yesterday evening I read a poem to my dear friend Simran Dua, a truly lovely human being. She’s mid-way through a move from NYC to New Haven, where she’ll be attending Yale School of Management in the fall, and all I can say is that… Read More
Yesterday morning I used skype credit to place a call to my friend Alex Eble, who is 12 time zones ahead of me, doing research in China this summer for his PhD in Economics. When I reached him, he told me he was in a… Read More
I’m interested in how we can use communications technology to transcend the ordinary and forge moments of deep connection, in the context of our fast-paced, busy lives. Poetry occupies a special place in my heart, but poetry doesn’t always occupy the space I would like… Read More
Sadness and gratitude swirled my heart when I learned of the passing of poet Adrienne Rich last week. Sadness at the passing of a woman whose influence has left such an indelible imprint on my understanding of the world, and gratitude for the long and… Read More
Happened upon this haunting image of Joy Davidman, taken by one of my heroines, Lotte Jacobi. Davidman was a poet, a communist, an intellectual, an independent woman. Accomplished in her own right, eclipsed by the fame of her second husband, C.S. Lewis. Read more about… Read More
One of my favorite poems since I was quite small. It has been on the tip of my tongue lately. Spring Morning by Alan Alexander (A. A.) Milne Where am I going? I don’t quite know. Down to the stream where the king-cups grow- Up… Read More
