Today's Message

Hello The House

January 4th, 2025

Hello the House By Bonnie Tarantino My bedroom is on the first floor, and when I come out in the morning, I end up right in our main living space.  I noticed this morning that I left the little battery-operated string lights on in my Christmas village.  I am surprised because I am vigilant about […]

Wind And Words

January 2nd, 2025

Wind and Words By Bonnie Tarantino Yesterday was New Year’s Day and we lost power. It was a windy, cold day, and the clouds moved fast.  Our power lines don’t like wind or ice and take off whenever they feel like it, leaving the neighborhood in a quiet hum that feels like an exhale.  I […]

New Year’s Dream

January 1st, 2025

New Years Dream By Bonnie Tarantino Last night, on the heels of a high fever, I went to bed by 9 PM and had a strange dream that I had a fourth child. He was born wearing a clean blue onesie and had little white teeth. Despite the teeth, he nursed kindly. He was in […]

Christmas Trees

December 17th, 2024

I love waking up and turning the Christmas tree lights on before any other light comes up in the yard or house. I begin my day by sitting quietly in the soft light of the tree and let myself meditate and marvel in the sheer idea that I am in the presence of a tree! […]

The Personal Assistant

December 11th, 2024

I am not sure if you know this about me, but I have a personal assistant. Her name is Babs, and she works mostly between 3:30 and 6:30 AM. She shows up on time every day and stands about three feet from my bed.  She startles me every time she starts work, often with her […]

Going Home.. NYC 2024

December 10th, 2024

When we first moved to Maryland from New York 22 years ago, I made Scott promise that we would go home as much as I needed.  Christmas was non-negotiable.  Almost every year, we would wake up early, open the presents, have a quick breakfast, leave the house a mess, and hit the road by 10:00 […]

The Trans, The Cat Lady and The Wide Tooth Comb

October 22nd, 2024

The Trans, The Cat Lady and The Wide Tooth Comb Target 7AM   While away in North Carolina for Maya’s college parents’ weekend, I woke at dawn to drop Scott off for an early round of golf. Between his tee time and my pickup time to get Maya to run some errands, I had a […]

Humility

October 9th, 2024

By Bonnie Tarantino When I was 24, I began studying with a medicine woman who lived in Woodstock, NY. Each year, a Lakota shaman would visit her, and she would rent a house and hold a workshop for a long weekend. There, we would build a sweat lodge, meditate, walk the woods, and facilitate the […]

Peace

October 1st, 2024

By Bonnie Tarantino When Lucia was 5 and Jack 3, we headed to Storrs, Connecticut, where we once lived for two years. I was to attend a Karuna Reiki workshop. While in the workshop, one of the participants invited the group to join her and 50+ other women to disrobe and lay in the middle […]

Feathering The Nest With A Spoon

September 12th, 2024

By Bonnie Tarantino When the kids were young, and all hell would break loose, I had a little mantra that I would say to myself.  “Get down on the floor…get down on the floor”.  And I would.  Like ducking in the crossfire, I would put down whatever I was doing, turn off the TV or […]