Don’t Say There is No Water

The Unitarian Society, a Unitarian Universalist Congregation East Brunswick,....


Prayer for the 15th Anniversary of September 11

Our human story began long before this Shattering of glass, metal, and human....


Leaving Familiar, Learning to Love New Places

I'm pretty sure no one calls New Jersey a wilderness, but given that it will be new to me, given that it will be my personal next Unknown, at least for awhile, this piece of wisdom from beloved Wendell Berry has caught my attention: By the time....


Adventures in Dementia*land: Part XIV (final)

Just How Did You Get Her There From Here? So she ended up in Wonderful Place....


Adventures in Dementia*land: Part XIII

When A Tree Lands On Your House So, after consulting wise people whose....


Adventures in Dementia*land: Part XII

Click here for previous post in this series. Deception as the Kindest Thing As we move closer to The Time (when my mother can no longer live in her own home), it becomes clearer that honesty must cede its high throne as the measure of integrity and....


Adventures in Dementia*land: Part XI

Heroic Efforts: When Loving a Dog is Not Enough We thought that we were....


Adventures in Dementia*land: Part XI

When Loving a Dog is Not Enough We thought that we were going to move her....


Adventures in Dementia*land: Part X

The Proper Distance from a Slow Motion Train Wreck Today I learned that not only must my mother be formally served legal notice by some professional notice-server – the content of which is that she will be moved, against her will, from her....


Adventures in Dementia*land: Part IX

To Clean or Not to Clean? The woman offering my mother Meals on Wheels turns....