Reflections on the small things, and the big ones, that impact our day-to-day lives.
Weather Watch
I’m sitting on my deck, the sky turning dark, day to night in minutes, rolling thunder in the distance. The wind kicks up, followed by a frenzy of rain, churning up memories of…
Happiness
Mother’s Day 2010: A long annoying beep wakes me, an alarm system’s battery back-up out of whack. The power outage that began last night shows no sign of letting up anytime soon. Before…
Every Picture Tells a Story
Mother and Child, James Litaker I recently had the pleasure of participating in an art exhibition premised on the Greek notion of ekphrasis,which is essentially a written representation of a piece of art,…
A Day (almost) like Any Other
Last night I went outside with my dog. The light under the deck was shining on me in a way that cast a shadow against a tree on the slope of our hill….
I know It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll . . .
In the Canary Islands, descendants of an aboriginal people called the Guanches communicate via an ancient whistling language. As Diane Ackerman eloquently tells it in A Natural History of the Senses, “They trill…
Lazy Hazy Days
Midsummer night: I stand outside on my deck, stare up at the moon through the trees, follow the music. To the left I tune into the percussive cicadas, to the right a chorus…
