Reflections

If January was a sieve that helped me sift through the aftereffects of the holidays and sitting on a criminal jury, then February is a...

Take Good Care Nature is a generous and patient teacher. Season after season, if we are paying attention, she will show us how she best...

Five Oceans Blessing On five early mornings in October, I felt five oceans calling me. At first a whisper and then a shout and then...

There are some who believe that fire releases the sunlight that has been stored as energy in the body of the plant or tree. If this is...

Thirty-nine years ago I had an unforgettable dream about my grandfather, who I called Papa. From time to time, the dream would resurface...

A few months ago, I started getting rid of all my journals, about 40 in total. I’m less than halfway through the stack, but the momentum...

Returning to my childhood home stirs memories. I remembered how the particular landscape, more than any other place, has been a lifelong...

SPRING Sound the flute! Now it’s mute! Birds delight, Day and night, Nightingale, In the dale, Lark in sky,— Merrily, Merrily, merrily to...