Some people bring home stray puppies. I bring home rocks. Over the years I’ve collected river rocks, lava rocks, Virginia quartz, pink and green flecked granite from New England, blue and orange stones from the shores of Oregon, and more. I like rocks, but I’m even more drawn to seashells. My interest in shells began [...]
My brother John figured in “The Jim and Dan Stories,” the book I wrote about growing up as one of nine children in Hull, Massachusetts, and the deaths’ of two of my brothers in 2001. John was the one who added to our family’s plumbing problems when he was a kid and he tried to [...]
1. At the crossroads 2. Living lightly on the earth 3. Now you see it 4. Now you don’t Post note: On my walk to the mailbox on Thursday, I documented the much anticipated inch of snow we got, which was gone by the next day. The face pot in the tree is one made [...]
Still rough, but shot with light when polished and cut by an audience and set by publication. The poet can build a meandering path to insight like glimpses through the trees to a lake in sunlight. ~ From “A Poet of 20 Carats” by Alex Wind As soon as I cleaned my kitchen table from [...]
1. Do you know any of THESE bloggers? The last time I looked when I found it on Pearl’s blog I could pick out about seven that I knew. 2.THIS (via Susan) might blow your mind. It’s a glimpse into autistic woman’s inner world, providing insight into autism unlike anything I’ve seen before. You have [...]
