Michelle Levy·Jun 5, 2020Finding Stillness (and Baking) is How I PersevereHow did I land here on this lakeshore, watching a beaver swim toward me, with the glassy waters parting ways for him then sealing…A response icon4A response icon4
Michelle Levy·Oct 12, 2019Lying is HumanI set out wanting to teach my kids that lying is wrong; now, I know I must teach them that lying is human.A response icon1A response icon1
Michelle Levy·Oct 12, 2019Curtain A vs. Curtain BMonkey mind fragmentation: when part of me feels, and the other part thinks, and decisionmaking paralysis causes me to plummet. I regroup…A response icon1A response icon1
Michelle Levy·Oct 7, 2019I refuse to crash and burn.Sitting in turbulence, gripping the armrests, I am tolerating so much discomfort. Every bump spells catastrophe. Our craft lurches forward…
Michelle Levy·Sep 24, 2019What wakes me up?Is it the light of dawn shining through horizontal blinds?
InWild Heart WritersbyMichelle Levy·Sep 23, 2019The Power of Mantra to Remove DustGrowing up with religion gave me a tool, a framework for morality, a moral litmus test. It trained me to sit with ambiguity and ask, “What…
Michelle Levy·Aug 30, 2019Interspecies Interaction is Vital to the Human ExperienceA pack of dogs charged me today, and I held perfectly still.A response icon1A response icon1