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Why Do We Need Stories?
Last week I talked about a writer’s need to write, about the satisfaction of stringing words together, of seeing them land on the page.

No Choice but to Write
There is only one thing to do. Go into yourself. Examine your reason for writing.



Of the People, By the People, For the People
That the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.




Until the Walk Itself is Home
I want to have a conversation
that we can return to without
conclusion, one that lasts for
years, that feels like a walk that
has no end.


Letting Go of the World
I find that there are two ways of dealing with a growing litany of physical limitations: we can either feel that the world is closing in around us or we can feel that we are starting to let go of the world.


Grateful for My Heart
It’s something I’ve thought of often, the ways I learned from my parents and from the larger culture that self-regard