When Gender-Denying Pronouns are Absolutely Soul-Crushing

July 12, 2017

I love language. And I pride myself on maintaining a certain level of grammatical rigor as far as its rule are concerned. Subject-noun agreement. Proper use of the apostrophe. Clear understanding of the difference between a dash and a hyphen. Every word, every punctuation mark, every diacritic – each in its proper place. Linguistic constructs […]

Read the full article →

Discover Meaningful Wisdom and Inspiration Among the Leaves

June 20, 2017

My personal tagline — because doesn’t everyone have a personal tagline — is “finding meaning in the sacred and not-yet-sacred intersections of daily life.” The idea of “not yet” is not mine. It belongs to Franz Rosenzweig, the 20th century German philosopher, who, when asked if he wore tefillin, responded, “not yet.” When I first […]

Read the full article →

Childhood Christmas Traditions

December 25, 2016

My family is Jewish. We don’t celebrate Christmas. And yet, I had three Christmas traditions as a kid that remain my warmest memories of Christmas. Midnight Mass from St. Peter’s Basilica — I think that I probably started staying up to watch this so that I could spend extra time with my dad. Over the […]

Read the full article →

Guns and Rights and the Sit-In

June 23, 2016

So… I spent a goodly amount of time yesterday on social media, as the House Democrat #SitIn unfolded before my very eyes, and shared my thoughts on Facebook and Twitter. I found the words of Representative John Lewis (D-GA), a Civil Rights activist since his youth in Alabama, inspiring. Not simply because they resonated with […]

Read the full article →

Sacred Commitment: A Bedtime Story

June 17, 2016

Once upon a time, there was a little girl. And she had a tante who told her the most marvelous bedtime story. All the time. (It probably wasn’t all the time, but this is how the little girl remembers it and it’s her truth.) The bedtime story wasn’t of fairy princesses or fantastic adventures or […]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →