When a baby blesses the cosmos with a first laugh, we’re likely to run for the baby book and jot down the date with a grin. But there are cultures that take laughter more seriously—that is to say, see meaning in the virgin giggle. The Navajo believe that for the first few months of life, a baby is a citizen of two worlds: heaven and earth. But the first laugh signals the soul’s desire to join their earth family and be part of its community. And the person who induces that first laugh? I...

There’s French Press. There’s Wine Press. And there’s Free Press! 

I’m a lifelong coffee fan, pressed or unpressed. Do you remember percolated? I started drinking the big, black stuff when I was about eight – before people realized that late-night coffee drinking might constitute child negligence. (Lucky for me.) In the beginning, I garnished it heavily with cream and sugar. The cream went in my college years due to lack of availability dormside. Then I kept decreasing the sugar unt...

I paid homage to St Valentine yesterday by procuring a heart-shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's, throwing in a balloon and some party accoutrements and delivering myself and the goods to my grandchildren’s door. According to my granddaughter, this constituted “the BEST Valentine Day EVER” which is quite the compliment since the first three of her five celebrations she doesn’t remember. Score while it’s easy, friends.  

All this set me to musing about the “holiday” that is the bona f...

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I’m back at the wheel of the blogging machine, but all has changed. Somehow when I titled my blog, “Moving to Maui” it was with a lack of foresight saved for the networking naïve. Blogs are meant to endure and serve as a foundation for one’s platform and presence online. How long can I be “moving to Maui?” So I hereby change the name of my blog to exactly what it says (and has always said) at the top of this page: “Evolving Journey Blog.” That, my friends, is the su...