Stories

Savoring moments of insight and connection

  • My Earliest Memory
    A childhood discovery in my Polish grandmother’s attic brings me closer to her

  • Pilgrimage
    Travels to ancestral homelands in rural Poland in 1997 connect the past to the present

  • Hawks and Cherries
    Nature provides an unexpected and delicious discovery on a summer afternoon

  • Ode to Joan Didion
    Bringing her voice and perspective into one of my childhood memories

  • The Orchard
    When I am among the trees…

  • Sisters
    What holds when four sisters grow up and life takes them in different directions

  • Don’t Stir the Pot
    The love of a Polish grandmother is shared with simple gestures and chicken soup