I spent yesterday, October 7th, at the YWCA Racial Justice Summit. It didn’t turn out to be much about Gaza, to my relief, since my feelings about that are pretty complicated. (I’ve appreciated...

My recent writing life has been a combination of working hard on revisions to my novel (yes, still the same one I started in 2018!) and practicing a poetry form called the pantoum.   On the last day...

Wildflower meadow Makes me long to learn to paint Pale purple clouds Golden sprays Lacy white froth Infinite shades of green But what color to use For the embellishment of wrensong?

I recently wrote a personal “book review” as part of my outreach efforts for my congregation’s April 24-25 Shabbaton with Rabbi Tirzah Firestone. I said: When I was growing up, my parents’ marriage was...