Spiritual Play

  • 2 Very Different Parent-Daughter Movies

    We went to two movies this weekend. Surprisingly, they were both about parents and children. Other than that, they were wildly different. (Spoiler alert: I’m about to say things about both Everywhere Everything All at Once and Aftersun. If you… Continue reading

    2 Very Different Parent-Daughter Movies
  • My Not-So-Wild Wild Life

    My minister asked us this morning to think about how we experienced nature early in our lives. Here goes. I grew up in suburban New Jersey and, as a kid, my wild place was behind our house. We lived in… Continue reading

    My Not-So-Wild Wild Life
  • Mouse Mind

    We’ve had a mouse problem. It started with a text from Virginia on my Monday morning walk that said “Mouse! Come home!” I came home, seemingly trapped it in a bathroom and went to get some mouse traps. By the… Continue reading

    Mouse Mind
  • The Lure of Sunflowers

    I’ve never been much of a flower person. I’ve let Virginia do the work of encouraging things to grow and be beautiful, and I water, yank up weeds and prune when things get unruly. But last year, I decided to… Continue reading

    The Lure of Sunflowers
  • The Practice of Practice

    Allen Iverson did not have a positive relationship with practice, as he made clear in a famous end-of-season rant. But, did I agree with him? Continue reading

    The Practice of Practice