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the power of nurture

Purple Rain: Grieving For a Legend (and Some Part of Ourselves)

It’s been 5 weeks since the untimely death of Prince, a musical genius whose art colored the backdrop of adolescence and early adulthood for many of my generation. In noticing the collective sense of sadness and loss that has emerged, I’ve been taken aback,  surprised by how many, myself included, seem to be deeply affected […]Read Post ›

No Two are Exactly Alike

I have always loved snow. For as long as I can remember, it has been my favorite weather. There is something about the way it quiets and calms everything, requiring everyone to slow down, that intrinsically captivates me. The world just seems more peaceful with a blanket of the white stuff. When I moved to […]Read Post ›

Making Micro-Adjustments, One Puddle at a Time

We’ve been getting a whole lot of rain here in Portland this week. A whole lot. Record-setting amounts, which is saying something for these parts. Basements of homes are collecting water, rooftops of buildings have collapsed, streets are flooding, highways have been closed, sections of asphalt are caving to form sinkholes, mud and debris have […]Read Post ›

The Importance of Receiving Feedback

A friend and I were visiting recently, catching up over tea about the various and sundry ongoings of life – work, family, the coming holidays, our opinions of the new season of NBC’s “Grimm”, a local favorite, filmed as it is on and around our city streets. Not having seen one another for a few […]Read Post ›

The Comfort of Closeness

Yesterday, I was having lunch at a small diner and reading one of my favorite authors, biding my time before I picked my stepdaughter up from school. At an adjacent table, a young infant, 6 months or so, in a pink onesie, with a shock of dark hair sticking mostly straight up, sat looking out […]Read Post ›

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