Tara Zafft
Every Body
This is the story told in hushed tones. It is the version of the tale they do not want you to know. After all, what is more powerful than...
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Tara Zafft
Aug 262 min
A Lesson from the Trees
I have a scar running diagonally across my nose. The reminder of a car accident that killed the other driver and nearly ten-year-old me...
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Tara Zafft
Aug 192 min
Riding the waves
I had a talk with one of my daughters recently about the ups and downs of being in one’s twenties—the insecurities, the angst, the...
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Tara Zafft
Aug 122 min
Art--relevant or not?
In his latest book, Blue Ruin, author Hari Kunzru explores the role of art and the artist in society. Jay, the central character, rejects...
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Tara Zafft
Aug 51 min
Fear
I have spent a lifetime trying not to feel fear. I never wanted the difficulties of my childhood to be an excuse for failure. I did not...
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Tara Zafft
Jul 292 min
What Birds Teach
The first sounds I heard this morning were birds chirping. High-pitched happy sounds. And I smiled in reaction and was filled with joy....
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Tara Zafft
Jul 222 min
Silence
I was a bit late to the game. Yesterday a friend asked me if I’d heard about the controversy with Alice Munro. I hadn’t. What she told me...
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Tara Zafft
Jul 152 min
An Unlikely Women's Circle
A few days ago, I am feeling that late-afternoon slump. I am dragging and still have a lot to do so I make myself some coffee and...
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Tara Zafft
Jul 81 min
Ancient Beckoning
Something ancient beckons us, a haunting that we usually ignore for our fear of the unknown. Sometimes it whispers, you too can bend life...
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Tara Zafft
Jul 12 min
Vigilance
The other day I am having coffee with a friend. We are sitting outside in the shade. There is a breeze, and we feel not overwhelmed with...
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Tara Zafft
Jun 242 min
Hope and Venom
Hope – התקווה To hope לקוות My Hebrew vocabulary words this week. And then my teacher asked me to make sentences, which were something...
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