Like many others, I labored through Shakespeare as a student, but found my love for the Bard many years later. I remember sneaking out of bed in my teens when the rest of the house was asleep to see the end of the original Romeo and Juliet. I also remember being so shaken by the ending, that it stayed with me for years. My reintroduction to Shakespeare came in a most unusual … [Read more...]

It’s a ritual of mine to sneak away from my desk in the afternoons during the spring and summer. I take a walk around the Capitol, past the Supreme Court, and down to Union Station. Every summer, that simple walk becomes my quiet time, my opportunity to settle my restlessness, and make a daily effort towards letting the world go, and seeking out peace. I return to my desk, … [Read more...]

You've caught me. I admit it. I'm the person that waits until the day after Valentine's day to do all of my chocolate shopping. It makes me downright giddy to get the major discounts on the holiday candy. This past Friday, I made a point of carving out some time to visit my local Target and Wegmans to see what they had on the shelves. It was a downright cornucopia of … [Read more...]

Years ago, when I was ill, my then seventy-something year old grandmother came to care for me at my home. I can still remember the day Granny arrived. I was in bed, and I heard the catch of the lock, the jingle of her keys, as she opened the door downstairs. I gathered my strength, and made it down the stairs, stopping to sit on the sofa near the front door, exhausted, barely … [Read more...]

If you want a glimpse of who you might be, and what you love, move. I mean that. In the last month, I took on the challenge of moving to a new home. What makes this an adventure is that I moved from not one, or two, but three different locations. And now, a month later, there are times in my unpacking when I open an unlabeled box completely unsure of what I'll find … [Read more...]