My Fairy-Tale Life, by Steven Boone

  I more clearly see an ending to this journey, with each day bringing me closer to a final scene. I want whatever time is left to be meanin...

  The mid wife looked up at me from where my newborn child lay and asked, “Do you want to cut the cord?” It was a special moment in the livi...

Purge. This is what comes to mind frequently these days as Amy and I go through possessions, deciding what stays with us and what goes. Fort...

When I go to my fitness club to swim I often meet friends who arrive around the same time. Furthermore, by the time I get to the hot...

Last weekend was the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz , the notorious German concentration camp in Poland where  in...

At the corner of a public parking lot on Water Street, adjacent to an expensive downtown hotel is a small stone fountain with patio an...

For years I have been dazzled by skies at sunset. I study the time in the evening when the sun is disappearing and daylight fades. Afte...

Steven's writing After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. —Jean Cocteau ( French: 5 July...

I am surrounded by spirits, and that is the feeling of the Lord.   —Naomi Boone I love this simple sentence written in my daughter's ...

The ultimate task for me is not an external goal. Rather it is gaining wisdom and inner peace. Sounds simple enough but if we unders...

I magination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. ...