There are days when it feels like everything in the City is working in my favor; every train is on time, and I am on time for them. My traveling companions are pleasant, and commuting is okay. Aaaand – sometimes none of that is true. A few weeks ago, I was on my way home…
My #oneword365 for this year is “pause,” and I already love how much even just choosing that word has helped me to slow down, and create some breathing space. Advent is usually my season for that. Quiet nights and twinkle lights are frequently my way in to a slower season, but it didn’t quite pan…
It surprised me to learn that synonyms for wallow also include words like bask, delight, enjoy, relish, and revel.
There is a moment in the services of liturgical churches that is sometimes called “passing the peace.” Introverts the world over often dread this moment (particularly when it derails into fifteen very long minutes of idle chit-chat) – but done right, this moment can actually have a profound impact. Every Sunday when this moment arrives,…
I thought about giving something up for Lent this year, but I found I couldn’t do it. Putting my Christmas tree away was difficult enough. Lent got here before I’d gotten used to the darkness again, and I just wasn’t ready to embrace the season in the same ways I have in the past. I’m…
