It’s tricky to get the right amount of anesthesia. Too much is harmful. Not enough and the pain is overwhelming. Anesthetized, we lose consciousness, yet don’t rest. The pain is numbed but the wound remains. The line between need and harmful excess is not easily definable. Ice cream sweetly distracts from pain, one scoop at…

Writing seems to help, so I’m going to try to do it more.

Years ago Evan gave me this icon of Mary and Jesus with their faces touching. He had written the icon himself and relayed what he had learned of how vital human breath is to the ancient work of writing icons in the Church of the East. Now it’s packed away in a box awaiting a…