Category: Human Archives

Grief’s Humanity

June is always a bit hard for me. In quick succession my father’s birthday, father’s day, and the deathdays pass. Along the way other memories flit in and out, such as the day my father went to hospice, the last…

Spring Blossoms

Few things delight me as much in spring as the first, nascent flowers appearing. Despite the cold, rainy, gray spring we’ve been having up north, the sun came out on mother’s day weekend. It was just in time to catch…

Paris Style

A year ago my favorite aunt passed away. Though in her 80’s, the event happened suddenly. She’s been on my mind a lot lately. Oddly, I have almost no photos of her or digital traces you might expect in today’s…

Longing for an Old Connection

In recent months I’ve been seriously considering a landline. I thought I would never miss those old, clunky rotary dial phones. Although lately they’ve come back on my radar. Here are some of the reasons why my thinking changed. First…

Sisterhood

Last weekend I experienced something new musically. It was a fusion of Western and Indian classical music. Called “Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz (My Sister’s Voice)” by Reena Esmail, it featured a classically trained Western singer and a classically trained Indian…