a short long journey
I’d walked labyrinths and mazes, always appreciatively, but it wasn’t until I was 27 that I received specific instruction. "Before you enter, name the question that is on your mind…
boredom is a curious thing
"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." – Dorothy Parker I don’t remember the last time I was bored. I seriously cannot recall a moment…
fruity newness
"Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully." – Stephen Fry I didn't know that…
a turtle to behold
"Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out." – James Bryant Conant I've always liked the tale about the tortoise and the hare. The quiet…
smelling the metaphoric roses
I drove across the country this summer, from the Northeast to the Southwest. There were moments when the beauty so overtook me that I had to pull over and really…
merely a sentence will do
"Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am." – Thomas Merton Reading this sentence fills me with relief, and I'm…
caterpillar identity crisis
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.” – Richard Bach I was trying to remember when I stopped thinking of myself as a…
the end of the aqueduct
The Old Croton Aqueduct Trail cuts across many Westchester towns, including my own. I’ve taken visitors on my neighborhood’s section of it many times saying, “The aqueduct underneath us was…
time travel by ship
“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” – Thomas Aquinas I recently went on board a ship built…
stop and smell the lilacs
A pleasant odor drifting into my nose in Midtown Manhattan is a shock to the system. All the more reason to appreciate it. And all the more reason to wonder...…
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