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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]