September brings a new beginning, the start of a new year, my own birthday near to the high holidays, days when the gates swing open, and...

Tomorrow is my oldest brother’s birthday. It will be the first he is not here to celebrate with us. He died in May, sinking under the...

The waft of ripe peaches fills me as soon as I step onto the screened in porch. Yesterday’s  haul is piled on the old formica table...

The winter and spring were awash with travel, small trips and large adventures. This summer is about home. About taking the experiences,...

I’ve been back home for just about as long as I was gone but time’s measure is distinct even though the length of it is close to the...

We have been home for three days, the time feels both longer and shorter. One thing for sure, it doesn’t feel like I was never gone. It’s...

Waking to a beautiful clear day,the coming autumn on the wind from the sea, here in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is our last night, we’ll go...

Ushuaia Argentina Tierra de Fuego “final del mundo” This is what the signs and souvenirs say; the end of the world, but what if it is the...

I just learned my good friend died. I am saddened and sorry. The distance of thousands of miles leaves no route to offer any comfort to...

One of the small pleasures of travel is the rainy day that makes you stop. We are holed up in a nice hotel in Puerto Montt for the day....

Valparaiso is steep hills and huge port. It feels like a clouded mirror image of San Francisco; grittier and more lively, smaller,...

This morning visited a family owned winery with the youngest brother as our very congenial guide. Their vineyards are bordered with olive...

Getting ready to leave. Tonight I am moving through the to do list, tomorrow we’ll be driving to the airport, changing planes until by...

As you may have noticed weeks have slipped by since I last wrote my blog. I decided, without at first realizing my decision, to take a...

On Saturday the first falling leaves spiraled down on a light breeze. My grandsons ran across the back yard trying to catch the yellow...

This past week there were days of heat interspersed with rain. Then just the other morning, clear and lovely the cicadas in full chorus,...

Friends kindly ask how my brother is;  Alzheimer’s a mean disease I answer. It’s a thief. The conversation often stops there. No one...

The twilight lasts for hours, the slow fading light from east to west, the stars hazy at first get clearer, sharper in the dark, the...

The twilight lasts for hours, the slow fading light from east to west, the stars hazy at first get clearer, sharper in the dark, the...

Driving up the road to the Smithville farmers market,  I wasn’t paying much attention to NPR morning edition until I heard that people in...