your daily rock : travel light
My daughter Emma is getting ready for a six-week study trip this summer, so traveling light is front of mind for us right now–along with memories of my own college travels with a backpack. (And living light is a big part of my internal conversation these days too.) I’ve written …
your daily rock : learn something new every day
I’m on a quest to learn something new every day. Not big things, necessarily. Not exhausting things that take a lot of time and practice to master. Just little things. Like how to pronounce “err” correctly. Or how much 5/8 of a cup is when you’re baking. Or how to …
your daily rock : this is the time of your life
Some of you are saying, “YES! IT IS!” And others of you are saying, “God, I hope not.” Regardless of your first reaction to this daily rock, this very moment is the only time of your life. It’s the only one you have. The next one? Not guaranteed. What happens …
your daily rock : be part of the solution.
We’ve all heard this before: be part of the solution. And yet many of us don’t step up. Sure, we pass along petitions and posters and shocking news stories on Facebook and Twitter, but often that’s the extent of it. Perhaps it’s because there is so, so much that needs …
your daily rock : you are not broken.
It is easy to feel like we’re broken. So many people are willing to tell us we are. We have pathologized being human. Being human means imperfection. It means discomfort as well as joy. It means we screw up and make messes sometimes. It means we hurt as well as …
your daily rock : practice
I love this word, “practice.” Sure, I practice my fiddle. And I practiced piano for 15 years’ worth of lessons before then. And I’m beginning (again) a meditation practice and a yoga practice. And I’m practicing saying “no” to sugar. In addition to those external, physical practices, I want to …
poets know you are tired.
Click here to listen to “you are tired (I think)” read by me You are tired, (I think) -e.e. cummings You are tired, (I think) Of the always puzzle of living and doing; And so am I. Come with me, then, And we’ll leave it far …
your daily rock : linger longer
Morning is a time to linger longer, one hand on the handle of your mug, one on the New York Times. Evening is a time to linger longer, standing in the kitchen for a moment after cooking dinner, just smelling the spices. Night is a time to linger longer, after …
your daily rock : fly away home
Every time I travel, my Facebook update on the morning when I wake up, pack, and get ready to come home is always this: “Let’s fly away home.” There is a sense of great satisfaction when I can say those words–as much as I adore the people I meet when …
your daily life : only kindness matters
A few years ago, as part of a live radio interview, a journalist asked me what I wanted to have written on my tombstone. I answered without hesitation, though I hadn’t thought of it before: “She was kind and she was generous.” To me, kindness is holy. And it is …
