Margaret WolffMay 74 minMother LoveNestled beneath the rim of the foothills that slope South to the Sea of Japan, midway between the Guardian Mountains of Hiei and Atago, a...
Margaret WolffMar 291 minNextNext Looking, watching breathlessly For night to green the day, When Next fans out before me And clearly shows my way. When the promise...
Margaret WolffMar 194 minThe Great SafekeepingWhen I was a few days shy of the better part of three, I became very ill with the reigning viral malady of the day. Trembling with fever...
Margaret WolffFeb 234 minWhat Is Worth Knowing?In the early years of the 18th century, a great teacher, a Hassidic Master, lived in a small village nestled in the foothills of the...
Margaret WolffJan 275 minA Divine InvitationSeveral years ago, I was invited to a small, but prosperous mill town in South Carolina to lead a 3-day women's retreat on "The Emerging...
Margaret WolffJan 153 minNo Peeking AllowedNo Peeking Allowed Janey's sixth birthday. We skipped school. We did not brush our hair. We ate chocolate pudding with our fingers for...
Margaret WolffDec 30, 20214 minTwenty Twenty, TooMy daughter Julie and I are having a thoughtful conversation about using 2022 to its best advantage. If, as “they” say, Omicron has taken...
Margaret WolffDec 11, 20213 minSing in ExultationDuring the winter of my eighth year—in the days when music and art were still part of the standardized elementary school curriculum—the...
Margaret WolffNov 20, 20213 minGatheringAs Thanksgiving approaches here in the Western world, Santas are sighted in fast food restaurants grabbing a quick coffee and menus and...
Margaret WolffNov 6, 20215 minGiving ThanksThe Rule was that no one left the table until the meal was done, but the Rule only applied to the children. The women sprang from their...
Margaret WolffOct 21, 20212 minI Know Your SongIn the time when women ran the world and the world returned the favor, Mothers of every tribe took the girls who no longer walked in...
Margaret WolffOct 9, 20213 minAnswered PrayersWhen I was a little girl, curls wrestling for dominion with red plastic barrettes that barely contained their sway, I spent every...
Margaret WolffSep 24, 20212 minTruths That Are Bigger Than SorrowI’m walking down the Coast Highway the other day, minding my own business, doing a little window shopping, checking out menus at the...
Margaret WolffSep 16, 20215 minCENTER EVERYWHERE, CIRCUMFERENCE NOWHERENovember 2002: We sat on the floor in a circle, twelve women in a hotel ballroom nestled on the shores of Lake Geneve. It was the kind of...
Margaret WolffSep 3, 20213 minThe Best PrayerShe was not more than six years old. The early morning dew still glistened on the petals of her life’s rose. She came to the temple at...
Margaret WolffAug 21, 20214 minDollar SignsIt was one of those flawless Southern California days you see in the movies. We’d been living in Los Angeles for two months. Everything,...
Margaret WolffAug 3, 20214 min“Pearls are always appropriate.” – Jackie KennedyAs promised. Here it is. The A-ha! that prompted the poem in the last blog. A little drum roll, please. Several years ago, I woke one...
Margaret WolffJul 16, 20212 minOne Foot In. One Foot Out.I’ve been going back and forth, trying to decide whether to tell you a really good story about a cosmic retrofit I had a few years back,...
Margaret WolffJul 8, 20213 minHandiworkSeveral weeks after Covid became part of the public conversation I signed up for an online, ongoing discourse with the Irish poet David...