Winter Surf
(first published with The Ocean Foundation https://oceanfdn.org/winter-surf/) Winter surf. Dawn Patrol. Air temp – 48°. Sea temp – 56°. I wriggle quickly into my wetsuit, cold air saps the warmth […]
The Journey
I have lived a very long time and I am filled with gratitude for this journey. I no longer understand so much of the world. I have been left behind […]
Scent of Rain
=I’m the crazy one. The one who still feels jubilant when it starts to pour. Even after the last days of rain, I’m begging for more. I think it’s the […]
Life
One of my favorite poets, Mary Oliver, passed away yesterday. She was 83. How quickly we turn one page to the next, and yet so much undone. I want her […]
A Lifetime
Someone I held dear to my heart unexpectedly left the earth last week. Benita Beth Barden – Bebe, my sister-in-law, was a special and remarkable woman. She was the sister […]
Afternoon Walking …
Walking with no destination. No particular goal except to place one foot in front of the other. Let the mind slip freely from the ‘to do list’ and to focus […]
Sundays …
Sunday mornings .. The NY Times and hot coffee. Turn off the ‘do’ brain and activate the ‘be’ brain. Refreshing. Recharging. Renewing. Outside, a pickup game of basketball. Young men […]
Politics Not as Usual
There have always been trying times – it’s part of being human and engaged. But in my adult life, I do not recall circumstances where politics have been as visceral […]
Typing 101- or there is more life for a Selectric
After dreaming of my old IBM Selectric, close encounters with typing machines have become amplified, like some kind of knock-knock homage to a vintage methods of recording thoughts. These machines pop up at unexpected places. […]
The Sound of the Selectric
I dreamt of the Selectric. The now-vintage IBM machine that was the host for countless drafts of my stories, poems, journal entries .. mental wanderings in the last century. In […]
