Essays, observations and ideas to explore.
A family cannot prepare its meals independently of the people who grow the ingredients. Yet it is easy to live as though that dependence begins at the supermarket door, where food arrives clean, priced…
Read article →When a political argument reaches the family table, the people sitting around it rarely arrive as neatly defined positions. Someone hears a demand for justice. Someone else hears a threat to people they love.…
Read article →The difference between having a life and living it A life can be described quite neatly from the outside. Where you live. What you do. Who depends on you. The people you see, the…
Read article →The person is always bigger than the explanation An explanation can be useful. It can help us notice a pattern that is interfering with our choices. But it can also give us another thing…
Read article →Advice is easy when we only know the outline of somebody else’s life. Understanding takes longer.
Read article →Busyness has become a badge of honour. What if we examined the life we are so busy maintaining?
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