Category Archives: essay

Friday Flight

Posted on March 2, 2018 by makinglittlecircle

  The gusty winds above San Francisco airport were perhaps a bit too eager to embrace the plane.  We were tossed around  like little pennies inside a washer on a spin cycle set at highest level. The pilot had warned … Continue reading →

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What if Wednesday

Posted on February 21, 2018 by makinglittlecircle

“When I’m quiet, that’s when the truth emerges.” – Louise Gluck What if I take each day as it comes, without agenda, without expectation that it will deliver something good, something fun, something to win over, something to “show for?  … Continue reading →

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Saturday Introspection

Posted on February 3, 2018 by makinglittlecircle

  Today I am pondering about the notion of “the best version”. The best version of me, the best version of you, the best version of being human, etc etc etc. That’s the new saying I keep hearing, and I … Continue reading →

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I take selfies

Posted on February 1, 2018 by makinglittlecircle

Let’s face it. I am not young. My face isn’t young. My body isn’t getting younger. If I sit for a while, my legs hurt, my knees stiffen. I need glasses to read my phone which is a bitch when … Continue reading →

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Perspectives

Posted on May 28, 2017 by makinglittlecircle

I’ve been thinking a lot about perspectives lately maybe because my son has just graduated from High School and would soon be leaving home. With this leaving, for the first time in the last twenty years, I would be completely … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day, Ah May.

Posted on May 14, 2017 by makinglittlecircle

First memory: A large bedroom. Four beds in a row next to each other. You told stories at night. You always had the sweetest voice. We lied on the bed underneath the mosquito nets listening about the little princesses. There … Continue reading →

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Miracles/aliens/angels/science on this day in 2011:

Posted on March 11, 2017 by makinglittlecircle

miracles/aliens/angels/science March 11, 2011 at 8:14am We were excited to see it. It was my son who pointed it out to me as we drove onto the highway from the hospital plaza where the kids just had their dental cleaning. … Continue reading →

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This moment

Posted on March 2, 2017 by makinglittlecircle

  Death has a way of softening us, like a fruit ripening, from the center to the edges.  I remember her as a child, a beautiful little girl with striking eyebrows, the kinds that never require penciling in. It’s been … Continue reading →

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Friday forgiven

Posted on February 10, 2017 by makinglittlecircle

When I speak passionately, that’s when I’m least to be trusted. – Louis Gluck   Today I need to practice the mantra “Forgiven, forgiven” heard in one of the talks of Tara Brach. Now is the opportunity to  be “let … Continue reading →

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2017

Posted on January 8, 2017 by makinglittlecircle

Fuck 2016! I hear this phrase a lot as the year came to an end. I would nod along when I hear this from friends and strangers. The year has been brutal, I would agree, remembering the pre-and post–election devastated … Continue reading →

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