The Comfort of Normalcy

Our collective nervous system is shot, fried, spent. It doesn’t matter where…

by Amy

Five Crocuses

Sometimes it seems like all I do, all day, every day, is count things. In “The…

by Amy

The Sacred Pause Button

We all have our sacred places in this world; Georgia O’Keeffe’s house in…

by Amy

Yellow Dots

I went to Vienna in search of a flower shop. Several years ago, I read an…

by Amy

Found

Home...we are found.

by Amy

Performance Goals

In studio performance classes we have a practice called “performance goals.”…

by Amy

Five Notes

Every morning in Vienna we woke up to the bells of St Stephen’s Cathedral.…

by Amy

Pay Attention. And take notes.

Once, a dozen years ago, we spent a miserable weekend in the Cotswolds. It was…

by Amy

The Essentials

Every August of my childhood, my family would take a two-week vacation to…

by Amy

Christmas Cactus

In front of our house is a huge prickly pear cactus. I planted this monster…

by Amy