Don’t expect much of the day Set low expectations, and prefer to be pleasantly surprised by a better outcome. … [Read more...]

Go into the woods and tell your story You are not at home there, but you love the romance of it, and the challenge. 13 miles alone in the forest. The loamy green floor, glints of sunlight and blossoms peaking through here and there. The occasional sound of a nearby stream … [Read more...]

Praise the light of late November It won't be long until the darkness of winter hangs over the day, threatening while also reminding me that days that end earlier can also be cozy. I savor the early evening walks while the sun is still warming the day. The sun on the leaves … [Read more...]

Meditation on a Grapefruit I was taught to eat a grapefruit, cutting it in half and then using a serrated knife to cut the flesh from the skins of each triangular section. My mother would sprinkle it with a packet of Sweet & Low; her theory being that everything's a little … [Read more...]

I heard the children in the yard, a train, then birds The sounds melt together in my mind and wrap me in a memory that doesn't really belong to me. The children, the generation before me, played by the railroad tracks up on a hill my father describes as an idyllic fantasy … [Read more...]