Climate Diary
Polar Plunge
“THREE . . . TWO . . . ONE!” Tara yelled, and on “Go!” I flung my sixty-year-old body into the air—bare arms raised, palms to the sky, bare legs kicked Continue reading
Essays
Sacred Spaces
Silent Weave
THERE ONCE WAS A WOMAN from the mountain village of Breznitsa who was kidnapped by an Arabian prince. In the desert, she lay down her black feredjé cape, stepped on it, Continue reading
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Touch Grass
This essay was commissioned in partnership with L.L.Bean in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, and in support of L.L. Bean’s purpose: to inspire and enable people to experience the restorative Continue reading
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Searching for the Cyclops’ Cheese
My mother and I have arrived on a small Greek island in the Myrtoan Sea, a place where the scent of warm pine needles and herbs growing wild on terraced hillsides Continue reading
Portfolio
Translators of the Past
EVERY SHAMAN IN MONGOLIA has their own translator. My colleague and translator, Erdene, tells me that every shaman speaks their own private language: Part ancient Mongolian. Part tongues. Part something else Continue reading