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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…

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