Relationships

A second sun is born here,a second sun lights firesover our crownswith magic words that pouredover the cliff sides…They are clearand we are thirstyfor the new language…for spell wordsthat make possible a second moonclimbing over the mountain.Rising as gentle as a morning Venusreturned from her time in Hadesher restin pomegranates and darkness. We drop seeds

How many of us have felt that we’re only earning our money—really working—if we’re suffering? Even if you’ve never felt that way personally, how many of us think that’s what America wants us to believe? That if we’re not suffering, our work is not valuable, won’t be paid for, and we’re f*qed. We all know

Last week was about myths and values on the epic scale because this moment is colossal. The virus is a stasis across continents, across ages, across the scopes of time and space. And yet… it’s all so intimate. My son and I have been holed up for weeks. The only person we see is a

For the most part, I don’t think most of us know we’re going to die. And for the most part, I don’t think we know that we’re truly, deeply, intrinsically connected, either. I found out I was going to die when I was 34 because I was diagnosed with a cancer that had persisted for

I’m the tail end of generation X and have explained that experience to millennials like this:when I was applying for college, I had to mail away for catalogues and write essays out on paper and mail ‘em in, and wait for paper letters of acceptance. My first week of school, my parents had moved to

“Oh, no, Mama! Loving is Hard!” Relationships are hard. And vital. Vital like our vital signs. And like pulse and heart rate and blood pressure, the conditions of a relationship can tell us the very essence of where we’re at, who we are, where we’re going. I’ve said that Relationships are crucial (on the About

There’s a saying: “if you can hurt an animal, you can hurt a person.” That statement refers to the condition of the predator, not the prey, but I’m going to flip it for a moment. That predator sees no value in life. But what is the condition of the prey? For me, it’s not so