Nancy Slonim Aronie
Writing from the Heart: (Un)reality
The movie "Everything Everywhere All At Once" is nominated for an academy award. My husband and I just might be the only people who...
Writing from the Heart: Antique lace
Yesterday I took a walk on Lucy Vincent. When we got to the pond I had a sudden flash of a distinct memory.
So many...
Writing from the Heart: Compassion fatigue
There’s a pile of three nickels on my table. The VFW sends them twice a year with their fundraising envelope. They peel off very...
Writing from the Heart: The case for living memorials
I went to a memorial a few days ago. One speaker after another got up and told these amazing stories. I knew him slightly....
Writing from the Heart: Keeping your heart open
God, this lamb korma is good. And the rice, the rice has whole cumin seeds! I love those.
My husband and I are eating at...
Writing from the Heart: Do something different in 2023
I always make my New Year’s resolutions after New Year’s. It doesn't really matter when I make the list, since it always starts with...
Writing from the Heart: Christmas envy
This is the first year in my entire life I don't have Christmas envy. Over the years, my kids have known about my vivid...
Writing from the Heart: Spiritual lessons from a trench coat
Until today, when I was zipping up my new winter jacket, I never realized how my clothing is actually the catalyst for my spiritual...
Writing from the Heart: Daylight saving
This is my favorite time of the year. When we turn the clocks back and it gets dark at four in the afternoon. I...
Writing from the Heart: Crying … a lot
I've been doing a lot of crying lately.
I don’t know if it’s post-, post-menopause, or the state of the world or change of life...
Writing from the Heart: Welcome back
I am welcoming myself back to the column. As some of you might know, I took a mini sabbatical to rewrite my memoir, the...
Writing from the Heart: Afraid of ‘other’
A note from Nancy: The good news is I’m thrilled to announce the publication of my new book, “Memoir as Medicine,” coming out this...
Writing from the Heart: Body and soul
About 30 years ago I was diagnosed with a hiatal hernia. It came on right after I had lost a document in the middle...
Writing from the Heart: Mirror, mirror
I never understood women who said to their daughters, “When I’m on my deathbed, pluck my chin hairs or I’ll kill myself.” Why at...
Writing from the Heart: COVID lessons
I just got my copy of “The Covid Monologues,” a local anthology edited by Jennifer Knight and Moira Silva. The stories are a powerful...
Writing from the Heart: Everything in moderation
My friend Gerry used to say, “Everything in moderation … including moderation.” He would say it when I was complaining about my sugar habit....
Writing from the Heart: Happy everything!
Fall on your knees! O hear the angels' voices! O night divine … Ohhhhh night when Christ was born!
Each Christmas our high school put...
Writing from the Heart: Tidying up
I’m early for once. I’m doing my spring cleaning. And it’s only December. So proud. I think it was the smell of the mold...
Writing from the Heart: Let your opinions go
Years ago I was walking up the stairs at the Cape Cod National Seashore with a friend. It was off-season, and I was blown...
Writing from the Heart: Naked truth
In 1985, a young photographer friend asked me if I would pose for her in the nude. I was feeling beautiful for the first...