Author: adanaher

Greetings! Recent events over the last few months have heightened our awareness of the breath: the challenges in breathing associated with COVID; the earth getting a breather with people staying in place; and protests with the words, "I can't breathe".  This post, written by friend and colleague, Catherine Walker, brings another perspective to the idea … Continue reading Guest Post: The Right to Breathe

The arc of the universe bends toward justice. Martin Luther King My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. Desmond Tutu The past few weeks are like none that I can remember. At times it’s felt like Rome was burning. What on earth is happening? The confluence of a … Continue reading Changing Times- We Can Only Hope

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends. Virginia Woolf A little while back, a delivery of fresh cut flowers arrived. It was from a friend with a note to say she was thinking of us and wished us well for the approaching holidays. I was touched by her thoughtfulness and … Continue reading Friends –Anchors in Our Lives

We must admit there will be music despite everything Jack Gilbert COVID- 19 has become the Great Interrupter! The world has been stopped in its tracks. Routines shelved.  Daily life re-invented in the shared space called home.  Right now, it feels like a stretch to call what I do a routine. The day slips and … Continue reading Doing Things Differently in the Time of COVID-19

  Only God knows how much I love you. Gabriel García Márquez from “Love in the Time of Cholera”  This amazing spirit of human solidarity must become even more infectious than the virus itself. Dr.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization Who could have imagined the current state of the world? Our capacity to be resourceful, … Continue reading Love in the Time of COVID-19

At last you knew what you had to do…. Mary Oliver from her poem "The Journey" Above all be the heroine in your own life. Nora Roberts For many years now I have had a recurring fantasy of getting into a car and driving somewhere by myself. No destination in mind but setting out alone … Continue reading The Heroine’s Journey- The Path in Later Life

My life is my message. Mahatma Gandhi When we change the conversation, we change the future. Juanita Brown As I thought back to 2019 and the current state of affairs in the world, the quote that first came to mind was the witches’ chant in Macbeth: Double double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron … Continue reading Looking Back, Looking Ahead to 2020

Just because you’re good, doesn’t mean you should Jonathan Fields Good is the enemy of great. James Collins I recently read a fascinating article about a woman who was in a leadership position at her organization and on whom many people depended. The problem was that she was losing her commitment to that work and … Continue reading Relinquishing Commitments

Wherever you go there you are. Jon Kabat-Zin My mind can be in so many places when I’m standing still.  The monkey brain in my head- that inner chatter that feels like a train hurtling down the track out of control, can be relentless at times. Recently, the chatter retreated when my husband and I … Continue reading Quieting the Mind on the East Coast Trail

Let us be thankful to the people who bring us happiness; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to. Dodie Smith Over the summer, I found myself at a … Continue reading Family Connections