by Abbe Rolnick | Feb 12, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
Planting RootsI’ve been uprooted from my home more than a handful of times.I think of myself as wanderer Grounded not by the place But more by feel.As a humanoidI grow roots by Filling voids.Family isOne anchor, Friends are another, Love becomes a binder. No matter...
by Abbe Rolnick | Oct 23, 2024 | Abbe's Ruminations
As the world continues with its uncompromising wars in Ukraine/Russia, Israel/Palestine, Sudan, and more, I’ve realized embedded in my recent travels to Bolivia and Columbia that: Time doesn’t heal but allows the heart to open wider and reveal the secrets...
by Abbe Rolnick | Dec 27, 2022 | Abbe's Ruminations
Welcome to my newsletter, Abbe’s Ruminations. I mull, contemplate, ponder – old and new experiences, finding what I call the joy and laughter of repetition or the abandonment to not knowing. Imagine you are nine years old and love to dance. The sound of...
by Abbe Rolnick | Nov 30, 2022 | Abbe's Ruminations
Can you see me? I’m not very tall. I’ve been that way since day one. Although when you’re born, no one thinks about that. They’re enthralled by the pudgy cheeks, the dimple, and that you were born with eyebrows and curls. No one ever notices height. Can you hear me?...
by Abbe Rolnick | Oct 26, 2022 | Abbe's Ruminations
When the dark set in, I waited petrified as the white of light moved into night. I’m not sure when the fear came to me or why, but it coincided with my parents moving me out of a shared bedroom with my sister into the redone den. I’d read into the late hours, or I’d...