“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”… Read the rest

 “In August, I feel acutely how lucky I am to belong to a species for whom yearning has no season. For the gulf fritillaries in my pollinator garden, the sense of everlasting summer is only an illusion — the passion vine will die back with the first frost. For us, … Read the rest

A Joni song I remember hearing my young mom play on her record player and occasionally sing to herself. It always sounded “sad” to me.

Today, older and wiser, I’d describe the tone as “melancholy” and perhaps “world weary.”

And depending on how i’m feeling, I sometimes sense a dash … Read the rest

I’m up on the big green couch. My feet dangle over the edge as I lean against my dad. Dust and cigarette smoke sparkle and slowly swirl through the bright beams of sun coming through the window behind us. On the coffee table directly in front of us, folded pages … Read the rest

AT THE SAME TIME

While we talk
thousands of languages are listening
saying nothing

while we close a door
flocks of birds are flying through winters
of endless light

while we sign our names
more of us
lets go

and will never answer

W.S. Merwin… Read the rest

“Can you tell me your name?”

“Do you know where you are?”

“Do you know why you’re here?”

“What do you remember?”

Life can be a dream, if only my precious plans would come true …

I’m … in bed covered with a thin blue sheet, the room is dark. … Read the rest

I have eaten 
the plums 
that were in 
the icebox

and which 
you were probably 
saving 
for breakfast

Forgive me 
they were delicious 
so sweet 
and so cold… Read the rest

Today was a beautiful summer day and the little girl and I had an adventure of sorts. A beach day with a twist. We clambered over a long jetty out into the surging sea to watch men cast baited hooks and lures far out into the blue water as boats … Read the rest