I don't really do New Year's resolutions. I've made my share of year-end commitments over the years (write more, connect with book clubs). Mostly, these commitments helped me pay attention to things I might otherwise have forgotten about in the swirl of daily life. This year, I am making a public commitment and inviting you... Continue Reading →
Spacetime, Buddhism, and my mother
Lately, I've been missing my mom, who died in 2007. If you ask most people what they miss about their moms, they might say "feeling close to her" or "her cooking" or "the way she braided my hair." Well, my mother and I were never close in a typical mother/daughter way. She was not a... Continue Reading →