We had snow

Snow falls differently for people. There are those who hate it, and hunker down indoors and bemoan the fact that they live in New England (or Minnesota or Ohio, or wherever it snowed) and now sunny Florida (or insert the warm climate of your choice). There are those who resolutely (duty calls!) navigate the dangerous …

New England! (When the devil wants you to fall but the Lord’s got you)

And thanks, Mike the Heathen. I think I enjoy particularly the giggling in the background.

M.T. Winter’s event has been rescheduled

I wrote this for Mother Courant, which mentioned an event on transformative spirituality that was supposed to happen the next day. And then the snows came. So the event has been rescheduled for Feb. 22.

Perhaps you’ve been watching the weather

According to all kinds of reports, the Northeast is about to be buried in snow — which means if you want toilet paper and bread, you should have bought them yesterday. So that means beyond empty grocery shelves, we are looking at that magical moment when neighbors who normally don’t speak will get out and shovel together, where …

It’s spring. Le sigh.

Remember this winter’s first snow fall? It was magical. It was soft. You woke up the morning after and pulled back the shades and gasped at how pretty the snow rendered the broken lawn chairs in your neighbors backyard. Shoveling is fun! Let’s do it together, and whine about the weather, but we don’t mean …

Bite me, winter.

What can I do about homelessness?

Homelessness can seem like such a complex issue that there’s no going around or through it. But let me boil it down for you: The answer to ignorance is education. The answer to hunger is food. The answer to homelessness is homes. And while you may be moved to write a check or support a …

So what did we learn from #Snowmageddon2015?

In order: 1. Hype is fun, but what a bummer to wake up and see the wind has blown the snow off the streets you were banned from using last night. 2. If you have to attach a year to anything referring to Armageddon, it’s probably not going to be all that big a deal. …