Elizabeth Spector LoudenWith God on Their Side: Despair is All I Have LeftThe 2020 election is over and Trump has won. Last night, Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. And with her, the hopes of saving our democracy.Sep 19, 2020Sep 19, 2020
Elizabeth Spector LoudenL’shana Tova: Despair is CriminalAs I drive down a country road with my daughter asleep in the back, the sun hits the fall leaves on an angle that is almost ecstatic and…Sep 19, 2020Sep 19, 2020
Elizabeth Spector Loudengreat ball of fire on a cold September nightI took a life-changing camping trip to Western Australia in the desert when I was 20 years old. At one point on the trip, our guide told us…Sep 18, 2020Sep 18, 2020
Elizabeth Spector LoudenThe Lord is Good To Me (Johnny Appleseed Amen.)Every meal at camp, we sang the same prayer. “Oh, the Lord is good to me. And so I thank the Lord. For giving me the things I need, the…Sep 15, 2020Sep 15, 2020
Elizabeth Spector Loudenblack hole sun // murders most foulAs a seventh grader interested in grunge rock, Soundgarden’s Black Hole Sun was one of my favorites. I was not original by any stretch of…Sep 10, 2020Sep 10, 2020
Elizabeth Spector LoudenToggling the Schlep to Chill RatioMuch has been made about the value of practicing for 10,000 hours, including in Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers. The value is that you…Sep 10, 2020Sep 10, 2020
Elizabeth Spector Loudenlesbian heavenWhen Nicki and I announced our engagement on social media about seven years ago, many people in my life were shocked I was marrying a…Sep 7, 2020Sep 7, 2020
Elizabeth Spector LoudenToday was our kids’ first day at Forest School, and by “day” I mean three hours.Our morning routine was fairly smooth for day one — we wrote out a quick run of show in a shared iPhone note the night before and executed…Sep 7, 2020Sep 7, 2020
Elizabeth Spector LoudenRx: 1 Forest Bath, DailyIt’s been a heavy week in the country, again, and it feels like a heavy season is upon us, in an unending and enduring way. We feel the…Sep 5, 2020Sep 5, 2020
Elizabeth Spector LoudenSomeone messed up our carWe woke up this morning, looked outside, and noticed that something looked really weird about our car. One of the windshield wipers was…Sep 4, 2020Sep 4, 2020
