I have spent many days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing goes unsung.”- Rabindranath Tagore When I...

When this Bird of Paradise flowering plant was set next to our little pond over four years ago I did not really see it. Then two feet...

“If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.” -Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet A week ago we woke up, ready to go home. On the...

I’ve been playing. Being around children helps. At the pool with family, I joyfully attempted (and failed) to swim along the bottom of...

“You never knew which split second might be the zigzag bolt dividing all that went before from everything that comes next.” – Barbara...

“Place is an environment claimed by emotion.” -Anonymous On the summer solstice I drove through the borderlands of southwest Texas, long...

“As dark and crazy as the world currently is, something bright resides beneath the darkness—and it’s the light of a single awakening...

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller When was the last time you drove twelve hours in one day and old...

I’m a fan of Sherlock Holmes, and am currently hooked on the TV series Elementary, set in New York City with Lucy Liu cast as Dr. Watson....

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are...