Best Friends

Today is my best friend’s 60th birthday (Happy Birthday, Judith!). She’s probably still asleep as I write this. I want to celebrate her birth day, celebrate her, celebrate our friendship. We’ve been friends for twenty years. We’ve seen each...

Happy Birthday, Canada!

Yesterday was Canada Day-the birthday of this exquisite country that’s been my home for most of my adult life. I went for a walk this morning, and was struck by the purity of the air, which fills my lungs with sweet, life-giving oxygen. By how clean the dirt...