We are about to have another atmosphere river, maybe the last of the season. Join me in loving our moments of sun! Dazzled In The Coffee Shop January sun forces itself past rain cloudsand into the coffee house windowat just the right angle to light up my face.Red and yellow rays fill my closed eyes.Caress … More Dazzled In The Coffee Shop: February, 2025 Belated Featured Poem
I was at the eye doctor this morning to check my prescription and replace driving glasses I lost. It reminded me that seeing clearly is such a gift. I wish that for you, my friends, both in our lives and to be able to peer through the smoke and obfuscation of politics. We must keep … More Practice – January, 2025: Featured Poem
Happy New Year my friends! My husband and I spend time planning our objectives and goals for the new year during this time It is kind of like a date! We have been doing it for decades. We have seen plans and policies, personal and political, come and go. So I am in the mood … More A New Year – 2023: December, 2024 Featured Poem
Happy Holidays! I am thankful for much today, including that the two young women in my household are recovering fast from COVID. I have been thinking about the bonds between women and children. I hope you enjoy this sketch from my recent visit to the exhibition. For those of you in the Bay Area, see … More Dry-Point –November, 2024 Featured Poem
Dear Friends, I am posting this in the nature of a prayer. It is from my book All in Measure: A Book of Hours 2020-2022. This is a link to Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb, If Only We Dare It.” Better yet, watch her read it again for hope! Inauguration – January, 20, … More Inauguration – January, 20, 2021: October 30, 2024 Featured Poem
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They come more often in autumn. No doubt they are inspired by nearby apple and pear trees heavy with fruit. However, like the fog, we never know when they will come and go. I read that some kinds of urban parrots have populations larger than the remaining, dwindling numbers of birds in their ancestral jungle … More Green Angels: September, 2024 Featured Poem
For me, and I suspect many of you, July and August have been full of images and drama about the Presidential race. I can’t make it through a whole convention anymore. I want to get to bed on time. However… I Can’t Get Back To Sleep At Night Wondering… if Ivanka and Melania ever showed … More I Can’t Get Back To Sleep Wondering… August, 2024 Featured Poem
Recovering from my first documented case of COVID-19, I have been spending even more time than usual gazing out my window at the park across the street. The vista of trees, sky, hawks, ravens, people, and dogs constantly changes. I hope you all stay as safe as you can in this new surge. City Park … More City Park Devotions: July, 2024 Featured Poem
I love palimpsests where old writings can be made to appear. Thrilled by a newly discovered painting by Rembrandt or a lost page from one of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks. Abracadabra – “AI helps decipher the text of a 2,000-year-old scroll burned at Pompeii.” – Scientific American, 2024 The first word to appear from the … More Abracadabra: June, 2024 Featured Poem
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