The Wavering Capacity of Memory

The Wavering Capacity of Memory

Lauren Artess and Naseem Rakha, Fetzer Institute, 2010 I flew to Oakland today to spend the weekend with three women I met four years ago at a Fetzer Institute retreat for writers examining the subject of love and forgiveness. My friends are bright, funny, and wonderful people doing the important work… Read More

Finding balance

There is an art to balance.  In how we move. In what we eat. In how we love. zi

The Life of an Author’s Dog

The Life of an Author’s Dog

Waldo is my dog and dearest friend. He is always at my side, or close by as I sit at a desk or under a tree writing stories. He patiently waits for the moment I look up and say, let’s go take these characters for a walk. Waldo on the… Read More

Three Gifts

Three Gifts

Today, on the Daily Challenge, I was asked to list three important gifts I have received from friends or family that have helped shape me. It was a good exercise. So tell me, what three gifts have you received that have helped shape you? Here are mine: I have received… Read More

The Revenge Business

I have been in the Forgiveness Business for quite some time now. In my world view, instead of governments encouraging victims of crime to seek retribution, they would provide the resources needed to find reconciliation and wholeness. Perpetrators would not be thrown into cells with little hope of emerging sane… Read More