But no comments on the glory of spring or the weight of cherry blossoms on the tree or a haiku. However, the Haiku Generator...

from, of course, Edward Gorey Dear Loyal Reader: I feel a bit like I did as a child overdue on my thank you letters and opening every...

The Polka Dot Bag My latest publication is a story I wrote about eight years ago was at last picked up by https://epistemiclit.com/curre...

Cookies and books to read.

Greetings loyal readers! Where has the summer gone? I looked back at various drafts I wrote intending to get a letter out to you all and...

Books, Books, Books

We're very excited by the cherry blossoms which cover the street two blocks north of our house and fill us with hope and a desire to...

Happy New Year - we made it to 2024! No resolutions here, but I like the idea of intentions i.e. write daily and submit work, breathe...

Holiday Greetings! We are recovering from the loss of our treasured canine family member, Leo the Wonderdog, the pink-nosed Labradoodle,...

Fall back this Sunday? Already? Nothing quite moves along like the changing of the clocks, but anything that moves us along will be...

Crape Myrtle pruning from the Doc's tree up the alley Greetings to All - does September fill you with hope? Or distress that summer is...

Of late I'm preoccupied with the fleeting & frightening facts of life. A friend's only child was killed in a motorcycle crash. My...

For a decade or so, I've attended Martha Gies' Traveler's Mind Workshops, writing for a week in Spain, Nicaragua, Colombia, India,...

A word about breakfast: Michael eats it later. Leo skips it. I dive right in on awakening, even before coffee. An old favorite from my...

An Earth Day reminder from Dr. Loren Eisley (1907-1977): "Do not forget your brethren, nor the green wood from which you sprang. To do so...

The morning is lost in newspapers, books and online reading. We take a family walk. The cherry trees are all abloom giving hope in what...

Season's greetings if you are celebrating this weekend. We are lucky enough to have one Seder and two Easter meals lined up with at least...

Would you like to get a postcard from me? Just let me know your address. I find I have a postcard from almost every place I've ever been,...

Thinking of our 2011 trip to Eastern Turkey and Syria just before war, here is a link to a PBS article on where to send donations for...

Our garlic shoots are looking up Reminded yesterday by this writer https://alexandradanewrites.com/ of the importance of short, punchy...