Trauma and Neglect

The blog includes articles I have written over the last few years, as well as a weekly post where I share what’s on my mind, even if it’s an undeveloped idea that popped up when I was stirring a vat of cheese!

Eye Formation: Holes, Sight, Story

In cheesemaking holes are not flaws. In fact, we call them eyes. In a specific family of cheeses, the “Alpine” cheeses, by design, the cultures ripen, grow and bubble with a lovely,

March Madness: Repetition, Fatherlessness, Meaning

(In the US, the nickname “March Madness” refers to a historical obsession with college basketball during the month of March.) Hyper-attuned to invisibility, I perk up abruptly when I hear a remarkable

Fields: Energy, Transformation, Transcendence

Warning, this blog contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some readers. My best friend in kindergarten was Robin Fields. What a great name! She recently popped into my mind out

Labyrinth: Longing, Loss, Leopards

We went to adopt our two little dogs, Button and Angel, in 2009. I had recently begun writing my first book, so I warned my husband that I would not be much

To Be or Not to Be: Love? Presence, Attachment

Occasionally, I read a book because it has been hanging out on the NY Times Bestseller List for so long that I feel I need to know what “everyone” is reading to

Half the Sky: Valor, Grief, Transformation

Back when I was in college, I remember the Maoists used to say, “Women hold up half the sky.” Although I was never a Maoist, I always loved this image of women,

Solar Eclipse: Existence, Fame, Ambivalence

What I remember best about John F. Kennedy’s assassination is the looping image of the president’s little son, “John-John,” saluting. In 1963, I was eight, and we lived in South Bend, Indiana,

Not Me: Repurposing, Rejecting, Renaming

When I was in kindergarten and first grade in New York City, teachers had not yet made the rule that we had to give Valentine’s cards to everyone in the class. We

Apartheid Redux: Re-enactment, Fragmentation, Integration

WARNING: This blog includes graphic content that may be disturbing to some readers. I suppose by now it is naive to be shocked by yet another traffic-stop murder of a young Black

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