Changing Course
The scales are even. Everything I marked in before is now the same as after. Ten years. With the questions that surround the choices...
Speaking of Dreams
The Anishnabek (Ojibwe) teaching of the dream catcher is a story of a spider’s protective gift. A grandmother, Nokomis, sees that her grandchild is about to kill a spider and she stops him. The spider, grateful to Nokomis for saving her life, rewards the woman by spinning her a magic web. I can’t escape the whisperings. Even when I don’t hear the words, their intent lifts other words up. Their volume isn’t heard. It is felt. My phone buzzes. “Come downstairs. I have a
Not All About Me
Pegrebin begins her chapter describing the historical basis of Purim and acknowledges holiday tension, per usual. In her words, “Purim...
