When our cultural icons die

September 7, 2026
As I write this we’ve just lost both Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem, two women who helped shape our generation. Why do I feel such grief? It hits differently when a cultural icon dies. The grief can seem strangely disproportionate to the relationship we actually had with them. We had...

When our cultural icons die

September 7, 2026
As I write this we’ve just lost both Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem, two women who helped shape our generation. Why do I feel such grief? It hits...

Walking medical miracles, that’s what we are

September 2, 2026
Thirty years ago most people my age might be dead. 40 years ago, they would be. It's a miracle that so many of us are still walking around. Pacemakers. ...

How we cultivate empathy

August 31, 2026
I'm pretty sure I lacked empathy in my young adulthood. Too new in what it meant to be human, I hadn't honed that ability. And truth is, empathy is one of those traits...

Be like Dolly.

August 28, 2026
The initial dust has settled after the passing of a person who was obviously one of the most beloved figures of our generation. The outpouring of stories and music...

Why do we complicate friendship?

August 26, 2026
Friendships are pretty simple, actually. If you like someone, if you have some things in common, if you click in significant ways, that can be a friendship. But...

How serving others serves us, too

August 24, 2026
Doesn't it feel good to serve others? No need to be loud and performative. We just need to be there:  the simple, human act of showing up for one another. Putting...

Are ETs here to help us wake up?

August 19, 2026
When people talk about extraterrestrials it usually has to do with spacecraft, government secrets, or the possibility of life on other planets. But many spiritual...

Why it’s a waste of breath to try to change the cult&...

August 17, 2026
Support for drumpf comes from some pretty strange places. I know some of his Christian nationalist supporters. And I know some secular drumpfers. They are a stubborn...

The gift of wild things outside our window

August 12, 2026
One of the unexpected pleasures of getting older is discovering that we don't need quite as much excitement as we once thought we did. At least I don't. And that was a...

Why do people keep drinking this poison?

August 10, 2026
Bitterness is such a strange companion, isn't it? Often dressed as righteousness it tells us we have every reason to feel wounded, betrayed, overlooked, or wronged....

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