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I Cry on Airplanes

January 01, 2019 by Ann Edlen

I have a love/hate affair with air travel. I love going places, hate giving up all measure of control to a machine I don’t understand, and a pilot I have…

A Calling

December 29, 2018 by Ann Edlen

I am in the 15th century Convent of San Marco, my favorite destination in Florence. I have climbed the long staircase leading to the individual monastic cells, specifically to see…

September 19, 2018

December 19, 2018 by Ann Edlen

My father would have been 99 years old today. He died in 2009, and I miss his devoted presence, a presence grounded in duty as the fundamental expression of his love…

Leadership

December 15, 2018 by Ann Edlen

John O'Donohue, an Irish writer who weaves his words around compelling truths, inviting the reader into a deeper relationship with themselves and the world, authored a book called To Bless The Space…

Scoop

December 12, 2018 by Ann Edlen

My mother would have been 96 years old today. She was many things to many people and there are many stories to be told about her, but tonight I am…

Good Night, God Bless, Much Love.

December 05, 2018 by Ann Edlen

My older brother, 13 months my senior, calls me every night at 6PM like clockwork. It is 9PM where he lives and he is just getting ready to go to…

You Can Do Anything for a Minute

December 01, 2018 by Ann Edlen

This belief, that you can do anything for a minute, is a certainty for my spin coach, Kirk. Literally. A disclaimer here, he’s not actually “my” coach, he’s my husband’s…