Month: May 2012

The air is thick.  Birds are singing in the heat.  Chewy the big-eared dog  is flat on the floor, tongue hanging out. It’s too hot to do anything… I love it. The stillness,  the hush over everything,  like fresh-falling snow, but […]

My brother Rob drove up the mountain to the farm last night with Dad, Claire, and her cousin, Reeve to kick off the season opener on the old family farm. He sent this photo:  Out on the Savannah… Looks like […]

The church sign read: Jesus is in heaven. Where are you? First thought: New Jersey driving home with Claire after a weekend away visiting dear friend, Pearly, who lives near the ocean my bliss zone. Where are you?  came up […]

I called Dad to say hello. “So, what happened with the eye doctor, Dad?” “You know, Bets, the mind…well, it’s a funny thing. I can’t seem to pull that up at the moment.” “That’s okay, Dad.” Note to self: stop […]

Who knows what lies inside each gem of a person… This is Elizabeth: beautiful grandaughter/ first day on the planet.  December 13, 2006 Tonight is her pre-school graduation. Crazy, serious time-shifting. I wanted to give her something that would be […]

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!! Today we celebrate and honor our Mother.  The one who gave us birth and the one who loved and raised us.   There is no one in our life who will ever know us so well or […]

The problem with these daily calendars that you get for Christmas is that you, or I, end up saving the pages rather than enjoying them for that day, then tossing. Maybe it’s a New Yorker cartoon that I can’t part […]

It’s early. Out in the yard with Chewy, the big-eared dog, the world was wide awake. Red cardinal singing his bird lungs out from the top of the maple tree. A whole host of other birds  flying, hopping, chirping. Thought: […]