by Debra Darvick | Jun 2, 2014 | Maps, Musings, Writing Life
Last month I had the pleasure of speaking at the Catholic Information Center in Grand Rapids. Nu? What’s a girl like me doing speaking at the CIC? A lovely man by the name of Dan Pierson found me through the wonders of the internet. We got to talking. I visited...
by Debra Darvick | Apr 21, 2014 | Maps
Apologies in advance to regular readers of the column; last month’s smash-up of life cycle events (Mom’s funeral followed eleven days later by Elliot’s wedding) will serve once again to frame this week’s column. One of the things I have always loved about traveling...
by Debra Darvick | May 26, 2013 | Maps, Musings, Read the Spirit, Seasons
We saw quite a few of these amiable self-hugging trees as we hiked the trails in Sedona a few months back. The first words that sprang to mind when I saw this particular one was a public service bumper sticker from the 1970’s asking, “Have you hugged...
by Debra Darvick | May 10, 2013 | Maps, Musings, Seasons
The Jim Thompson trail in Sedona, Arizona is a four-mile round trip hike offering up breathtaking views from vantage points of 4800 feet. Oak Creek’s first settler, Jim Thompson, built the road in order to bring produce from his Oak Creek farm to the residents...
by Debra Darvick | Apr 10, 2013 | Maps, Musings
I first encountered dorodango some five or six years ago, in an art gallery in Santa Fe. The perfectly round ceramic spheres had been glazed, or so I thought, in earth tones of deep rust, rich brown, inky black, ochre. Silent as buddhas, each nestled upon its own...
by Debra Darvick | Mar 27, 2013 | Maps, Musings, Read the Spirit, Seasons
There is a duality to Passover that I never realized until this year. In the weeks leading up to this holiday celebrating the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt, we are clearing our cabinets, refrigerators and freezers of any form of bread, pasta, cereal as we make...
