I moved my arms through the water, feeling them float on the surface, watching the waves and wake that followed my gesture. Here was magic, I thought. Here was something holy.

Death is no enemy, but the foundation of gratitude, sympathy, and art. Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.

My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.

There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute

One of his tears fell in my mouth, where it became a blue sapphire, source of strength, source of strength and eternal hope.

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.

on the day that the intlligence and talents of women are fully honored and employed, the human community and the planet itself will benefit in ways we can only begin to imagine.