Sure email is convenient, but does it slow you down and make you think? Does receiving an email make you feel the same way a handwritten letter does? If not, it’s time to consider a fountain pen.
Gathering What Has Been Broken
A Lakota woman torn away from her mother spends her life looking for the connection she lost — and ends up healing others.
Tarmac Meditations #6 – Hard Rain, Almost Hail
A runner who isn’t running contemplates what the day will hold and feels an urge to run with the ghosts of his past.
Musical Explorations: Pat Metheny Introduces “Orchestrion”
April is International Guitar Month! Because the Life As A Human team has several guitarists and many guitar fans, we’re celebrating International Guitar Month with features about some of our favourite musicians and their guitars. Pat Metheny is a truly remarkable guitar player, a uniquely gifted musician and a prolific composer. Always melodic, always interesting, […]
Path of Light
The path I walk is not always a light filled space of illuminating proportions. Sometimes, the shadows slink and push out the shine, leaving me to wonder if I will ever feel whole again. It is in those moments that I doubt almost everything in my life. I say almost everything because it is also […]
Tipping the Balance
I make my living as a waitress. I consider myself a professional. I find it’s a career choice that people are both intrigued and repelled by. The restaurant industry is a strange one. It’s a whole different way of life. It’s not just the working evenings. It’s the mystery, the romance, the chaos, the stress. […]
I Loved Easter, Until the Church Got Involved
Easter has always been a big deal for me. When I was a kid, my parents bought each of their seven children a new outfit, including hats, bags and gloves for the girls. I still have a soft spot for patent leather shoes and mauve hats. When I was five or six, I was astounded […]
Give Your Life Some Soul: An Interview with Artist Shannon Grissom
Artist, musician and TV host of “Give Your Walls Some Soul” talks about how pursuing your passion is vital to your happiness and your health.
Easter in Rome is Not for the Faint of Heart
About five years ago, my sister Angie and I both happened to be in Europe. She was teaching in England, and I was working at my company’s branch in Dusseldorf, Germany. Yes, there was a time that I had a “real” job. After six months of that I extracted myself from the lifestyle (read: I […]
An Angel Trying to Come Home
There is a painting hanging in my kitchen. It was given to me by the woman I bought this house from. She was a single mother too. She raised three children in this house. We bonded almost immediately and dealt with most of the sale transaction without the realtor. We preferred it that way; we […]
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