A Starting Over at 60 Blog Last night, the dream came back. I am at a meeting with one of my former employers. I shouldn’t be there. But I am. A formal meeting in a high-end hotel plays out before me. I observe, both in and out of the scene. They ask me to performContinue reading “Hup, Two, Three, Four”
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Crevice
Into the Wilderness: Story 59 I’ve been thinking a lot about attachment. Some people can cut people out of their lives as simply as lancing a pimple. Slash and the connection is gone. Not me. I’m more like the grown-too-big baby kangaroo no longer able to fit in its mama’s warm pouch. I keep tryingContinue reading “Crevice”
Lost and Found
Into the Wilderness: Story 55 A close family member and I have not spoken in almost 20 years. His children are adults with careers. He looks as he always did with less hair and a slightly bigger paunch. His wife— forgive me— looks like his mother. She hasn’t aged well, though it could be theContinue reading “Lost and Found”
Mamma’s daughter
Into the Wilderness: Story 46 June marks two sad milestones for my sister and me. On June 15, 33 years ago, our dear mother passed away. June 29 would have been her 88th birthday. In some years, these dates slip by, the loss a pattern of early summer, as familiar as the still-blossoming trees, theContinue reading “Mamma’s daughter”
Walk the Moon 