Well, it’s been an interesting month. In 1966 Robert F. Kennedy gave a speech in which he cited a Chinese curse: “May he live in interesting times.” (Having studied Chinese in college for two years I can say with confidence this isn’t an actual saying in China…but hey, it’s a good phrase.) I’ve learned a… Continue reading An Arm and a Leg
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The Next Best Time
This poem came from seeing a quote my friend Liz Belz-Templeman posted from Richard Powers Pulitzer winning novel The Overstory: “When is the best time to plant a tree?Twenty years ago. When is the next best time? Now.” It struck me this isn’t just true of planting trees but really anything important in our lives that take… Continue reading The Next Best Time