When a woman turns forty she is rewarded with the pleasure of starting a wonderful ritual. Each year, on a very special day, she gets to...

Fall is flashing with color, and once again we find ourselves amidst a cascade of changes. What is most interesting to me is just how...

Last month we had a Blue Moon, High Tide, and Hurricane Henri all on the same night here in Red Hook, Brooklyn. It wasn't long before we...

I have been spending a lot of time in the garden. Maybe that means I am getting older. The bustle of Brooklyn's streets are somehow much...

Mark Edward Samulski was born April 19, 1976. He was my older brother who walked me into nursery school every day to make sure it was...

Before the pandemic I used to ride the subway- a lot. I love and hate the subway, which may one day be the title of my farewell letter...

I received an email from one of my students that is worth sharing. I feel fairly shy about compliments, but it illuminates a core...

I had an interesting conversation with my father. In total truthfulness, I have had a lifetime of interesting conversations with my...

When I was a little girl, one of my best friends was a tree. I used to climb up and sit and talk to her for hours. She was very alive...

In the last two hours of childbirth you enter a phase called "transition." If you ask most mothers who have delivered naturally I think...

The idea that we can truly separate ourselves from our environment or from each other is a false consciousness. The inevitability of...