Continue Reading The Will to Disobey “Vorsicht, Kindchen, Vorsicht!” (Careful, kiddo, careful…) was a constant refrain in the household of my childhood, outnumbering even the “Straighten your back!”…
Continue Reading I look at the World I’ll end this week with images depicting the state of our nation: things in flux, despite being trampled down, Black and White in…
Continue Reading Eau de Casselunettes I rarely regret my habit of discarding mementos. No kids’ kindergarten drawings clog my drawers, no receipts for memorable journeys, few letters….
Continue Reading Consider the Lilies of the Field. And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they…
Continue Reading I, Borage, bring Courage. Yesterday I wrote about Hemlock, a poisonous plant that can kill. In the interest of fair and balanced reporting – and no,…
Continue Reading The Poison Within As with so many things in life, where poison or rot is only revealed by a closer look beneath the beautiful surface,…
Continue Reading Sweetness and Beauty Meet Jumper. A recent addition to our neighborhood, this chick lives up to her name. Meet Miles. He tends to Jumper and…
Continue Reading Contrasts What was I thinking. I did not bring rain paints. I wore my ancient, squeaky hiking boots that long ago stopped being…
Continue Reading Overcoming Aloneness Even for people like me who like being alone, at times even crave aloneness, the recent lonely days smear solitude with fear…
Continue Reading Juxtapositions I cannot think of another time of the year when the landscape around us is as intensely, profusely patterned as it is…
