Hand Wash Cold let me
sit with uncomfortable
and beautiful truths.
Slip transported me
to a time when my son was
newly diagnosed.
Karen and Tanya,
thank you for sharing yourselves,
for sharing your truths.
Posts under ‘book reviews’
Haiku Reviews
How to Change Anyone!
I was browsing around Target the other day, when I came across the most fabulous book I have seen in a long, long time: How to Change Someone You Love: Four Steps to Help You Help Them. I laughed the kind of laugh that ought to have sent flocks of birds scattering in alarm. Instead [...]
Sabbath
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Spiritual inspiration can come from the oddest bits of serendipity. I was at a talk a few months ago by a Zen Buddhist who talked about making each moment sacred, about how we could light incense before doing the dishes and make the washing of [...]
Walking the Crooked Path of Dread
Way back a year and a half ago, I entered a contest to win a copy of the book Momma Zen by Karen Maezen Miller. I had never heard of the book, so I based my decision on the following factors:
It was a free book.
The title had both Momma and Zen in it, which [...]
The Glass Castle and the Invisible Codependent
Recently, I was sick as a dog, and while I was in bed recovering, I worked my way through several books that had been collecting dust on my beside table for months, including The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. The book is a memoir about growing up in a deeply dysfunctional family, dominated by [...]
Review of The Sexually Confident Wife
When I received an e-mail from the publishers of The Sexually Confident Wife asking if I wanted to review it,* I was skeptical. After all, "sexual confidence" in our society usually implies acting like a porn star. I imagined a lot of Sexual Codependents' Magazine (ahem, I mean Cosmo Magazine) type fluff on [...]
