To talk about what I would do if I knew I could not fail is to try to sort out the crossover point between tenable and untenable challenge, between manageable and unmanageable risk, and identify that thing which is just on the other side of the line which I desperately want. Relatedly, I like to …
Sorting Time
I count on the end of each year as my moment for self-reconciliation, my opportunity to think through the year gone by and decide what it all means. Me, the bookkeeper AND the books, settled in at an imagined table to see how I did this year, my life a one-woman business of sorts. And I …
A Gift of Time
Alex had hinted that he was giving me something for Christmas that couldn't be quantified in dollars. I didn't realize how much so until I opened his gift this afternoon. I confess, I burst into tears, and kept saying, "Really? Is this real?" In a way, I receive gifts like this on an almost daily …
