Natalie Goldberg’s creative writing handbook Writing Down the Bones includes a chapter called “A Tourist in Your Own Town.” Natalie Goldberg is Buddhist, and her book is a Buddhist book. The short chapters drop some wisdom on you and …
My mom’s parents, Hazel and David, owned a gift store for many years in West Virginia. I have only faint memories of playing on the floor while Mom worked the cash register. In the ‘80s, when the Huntington …
Yes, ‘tis better to give than receive.
But it’s nice to receive.
Valentine’s Day was so last week, but I’m still kind of basking in the glow. Oh, those little perforated greeting cards in their whispery white envelopes. Oh, the chalky conversation …
