Presence

Presence

I have been wondering whether we should recover a more traditional form of invitation when we meet—words from the past, such as your presence is requested, or even required. The phrase feels heavy now, almost foreign, yet it exposes our present condition: present has...
Waiting

Waiting

I sat waiting—wondering, weighing the path ahead. From somewhere beneath thought, a notion surfaced—not abruptly, but slowly, like a bubble rising from depth, gathering shape as it climbed, until it broke the surface and was gone. And I wondered if this, too, was...