A Truffle

“I think I’m bored,” I confessed to a friend last week. In all my adult years,…

by Amy

Inertia

To paraphrase a popular musical, “Can we get back to real life, please, yo?”*…

by Amy

Two Reasons. Four Mantras

It was the first piano lesson of 2021, and Alex and I were discussing his new…

by Amy

Both

In so many ways, it’s been a perfect holiday. Almost immediately the days fell…

by Amy

Limping Towards Bethlehem

Barn’s burnt down— now I can see the moon.  -Mizuta Masahide For weeks now, I…

by Amy

Sweet Sweet Godiva

Year ago, my mother gave us a small hand-carved nativity set. At the time, we…

by Amy

Thanksgiving Songs

It is probably quite telling that when the news broke about Biden’s victory, I…

by Amy

Choose Something

O Star (the fairest one in sight), We grant your loftiness the right To some…

by Amy

The Mutilated World

Try to praise the mutilated world. Remember June's long days, and wild…

by Amy

We Have Forgotten

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each…

by Amy