Aram MitchellJun 163 minwildness, privilege, and accountabilityWhile walking around the cove last week, I passed a woman and her children sitting near the water on a bank of stones. One child, a boy o...
Aram MitchellJun 41 minwe have to breathe to liveI open the window to a wash of scents from the blooms scattered around my neighborhood. After a night of breathing the indoor air of my b...
Aram MitchellMay 241 minupdate on the hopeful oakLast spring I noticed a sprig of an oak growing up among the bushes beneath the window box a few feet from my front door. During the fall...
Aram MitchellMay 102 minthe intelligence of seasonsBirdsong and tulips remind me that earth is still spinning, even when I feel stuck. The ebb and flow of tides remind me that bodies are s...
Aram MitchellMay 32 minseeing the fox seeing meOne morning this week I saw a fox trotting through someone’s backyard. I was out for a run. I don’t think the fox saw me at first. We ran...
Aram MitchellApr 262 minearthlingsI celebrate the earth. I heed its aches and its groans. I honor its excellence and its glories. And I celebrate us, for being of the eart...
Aram MitchellApr 112 mingive it a nameIt’s mid-April right now. It snowed yesterday in southern Maine. We’re wading chest deep through a global pandemic. And I’m thinking abou...
Aram MitchellApr 82 minthe sturdy pineThere's this old Hebrew story about a man camped out on the bank of a river, on the brink of a struggle. By most accounts he’s been succe...
Aram MitchellMar 282 minwhat's the mudToday I feel adrift. I can sense the presence of unmoored grief. So I scan my heart for an anchor of insight, for wisdom that I’ve tried ...
Aram MitchellMar 252 minonce the plodding recedesMost mornings while the coffee is brewing I empty the dishwasher. The reason I like to empty the dishwasher first thing in the morning is...
Aram MitchellMar 232 minon the trail by the river near the comforting oakWe’re in the midst of one of those events that splits history in half. There was before this. And there will be after this. And right now...
Aram MitchellMar 212 minthe muscle of our collective spiritI have a muscular intimacy with my bathroom door. What I mean is this: When I close the door I sort of fling it shut behind me as I walk ...
Aram MitchellMar 191 minthe abundance of stillnessI’m trying to listen. To listen to the intelligence of my body. To the way my legs long to take me for long walks to sort out my thoughts...
Aram MitchellMar 31 mincommon goodIn a couple hours I’m going to the local high school to vote. This is all new to me, having just naturalized last summer. I’ve been think...
Aram MitchellFeb 261 minnot Googling itFor Lent this year I am going to practice not Googling it. Lent is a season in my religious tradition that stretches out for forty days (...
Aram MitchellFeb 201 minslate skyAfter a walk on the trail by the river near our house I stopped and stood still for a spell under the bridge by the trailhead. I spend my...
Aram MitchellFeb 191 minLordeYesterday was Audre Lorde’s birthday. My friend Hannah reminded me. She knows things about books and authors and shares those things wher...