Why do we always have to be busy, doing something, accomplishing something? Have we forgotten how to just be and find our still point, that state of inner balance and calm, finding center amidst chaos? I think we have. photo by Lise Fischer

I abhor the fact that we label people. Labels work on ketchup bottles but not on people, in my humble opinion. Yet, here I sit, a “boomer.” I had a conversation with a friend this morning on why we “boomers” are generally disrespected and disliked!

photo by Rachel Greise Brown. Difficult times call for poetry! A group of amazing women who write, read, and share poetry has reinforced this for me a lot lately. A dear friend, Corina Andronache, who has written the book Archaeology for the Woman’s Soul, leads them.