Dying alone in the age of COVID-19
It is time for the small acts of kindness to inhabit the space.
Pádraig Ó Tuama speaks about Tender
Padraig O Tuama launched my book Tender, stories that lean into kindness, just on a year ago.You can hear his speech here.
a prayer for the new decade
A new decade has dawned amidst smoke and heat and peril. What can we ask when we know much of it will be hard, even harrowing?
Finding wonder in a crisis
In this era of COVID- 19, on the cusp of sleep, I startle at the noise from the plane flying low… My thought lands in three distinct syllables: Aer-o-plane.
a prayer for Easter Day in the time of Covid 19
Praise be for neighbours talking across fences, calling from balconies, waving through windows
Keeping Vigil
in January during the Australian bushfires. My mother died in what feels like another era now, though it was only three months ago.