looking down or out
“May I never miss a sunset or rainbow because I am looking down.” – Sara June Parker Since moving to a Hudson river town, I have become rather obsessed with…
when nostalgia is a comforting reminder
Two friends of mine were in a shop together recently and spotted a journal made out of an old Nancy Drew book. They immediately thought of me (due to my…
a tombstone from 1798 is talking to me
My friend Barbara lives across the street from an old cemetery, a place that never ceases to fascinate me. This grave stone became particularly vivid jutting out of the snow…
an earth-bound rainbow
When someone says “earth” (in the sense of the soil) to you, what color do you think of? I tend to think of a rich brown. As I was walking…
will you be in my opera?
I would like to write an opera about this tree. A woman singing an aria, spreading one arm wide while the other holds her baby tightly to her. Or a…
if you take something away, is it a loss? maybe not
Below is a picture of The Needles off the coast of the Isle of Wight in the UK. The formations were caused ages ago by erosion to a chalk ridge…
risk the poo
When birds fly overhead, I simultaneously think “how pretty” and “please don’t poo on me.” On this day, it was the same for this monkey. (It was a narrow miss…
a complicated penguin
It was a sunny day on the last day of September at London Zoo, and this penguin was feeling it. Basking in it proudly. I have a lot of mixed…
the back of our hands
"As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others." – Audrey Hepburn My friend Liz and I are…
tourists and the Buddha
You must pass by a row of tourist shops from the cable car stop on Lantau Island in Hong Kong before you get to the monastery or the statue of…
