Continue Reading The Inside Show “It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.” …
Continue Reading The Soft Power of Mothers Just so you know how coincidence sometimes works: I was following, with scarcely contained envy, the Viennese travels of someone I know….
Continue Reading Encounter in a Lily Garden Last summer I chanced on a Lily Fest in the woods near Forst Grove. I reported here in July on the floral…
Continue Reading Encounters during Lunch Hour I had meant to write today about a man I met during his lunch hour. He was watching the street actions of…
Continue Reading Encounter in a Parking Lot Today I will report on one of those “You ok? No, I’m not.” encounters. During my recent foray to San Francisco I was…
Continue Reading Encounters in Astoria When you work mostly with your head, like I do, and are surrounded mostly by others who do too, it is often…
Continue Reading Encounters by the wayside Since I would dissolve into a blubbering mess of rage and tears if I wrote about politics this week I will turn…
Continue Reading To Autumn John Keats (1795-1821) Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the…
Continue Reading Fall Color Peak foliage color is later this year than what used to be the norm. The rise in average temperatures affects this process…
Continue Reading Contemplation Animals have a great advantage over man: they never hear the clock strike, however intelligent they may be; they die without any…
