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Nancy and I sit on the sofa after hard work and short nights. We both say, “Time to start moving.” And then, eventually, we say, “Am I moving yet?” And then, eventually, we get up and do the work that we know we need to do, or take the walk we need to take, or […]

God. We’re waiting for something to break. Like a storm breaks, and there is a deluge.Like a wave breaks, and there is a crash.Like news breaks, and we know everything is going to change. We have had so many things change this year, so many things be cancelled, so many plans fall apart.We have anxiety about what could break next.We scan the news, […]

Heather and I went on a hike. We did an exercise that a friend shared with us. On our way up, we thought of what we could get rid of in our lives. On our way down we thought of something that we could pick up and add to our lives. I landed on losing […]

Nancy and I tell each other what day of the week it is. Often in the middle of the day or when we are sitting on the couch in the evening. “This is Thursday,” we say. And we laugh. And we’ve given up feeling bad about not being able to keep track. I’ve worked on […]

Rich Dixon is back +++ Last time Monte comforted a little girl and opened the door to a conversation with her mother. Once they left, Monte’s job was done. He went back to surreptitiously scrounging for crumbs. A few minutes later a woman approached and asked if she could join us. She had observed our […]