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 I watched from day ...
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 still moving in relat...
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 parallel to each ot...
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 earth. When we pause to ...
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 about The Summer Day. Yo...
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 successful, but he’s maki...
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 before and know to b...
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 because it feels go...
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 we’re in between, l...
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 in. And I realized t...
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. To the pace of my ...
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 thinking about it a lot. ...
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 (not counting Sundays...
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 days encouraging pe...
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 where they need to be re...
Aram MitchellFeb 122 mina toilet and some raccoonsBack in December I painted our bathroom and while it was in disarray it felt like a good time to also try to fix the half-broken flusher apparatus on the toi...
Aram MitchellJan 312 minthe window boxThere is a tufted titmouse who has taken to the sunflower seeds that are collecting in the window box below the feeder on the window by the floral chair. He ...