Poetry and Community.

It’s poetry month and I am writing a poem a day with a small group of friends. We are posting up to a private shared page where we get to...

I will not be hosting Seder tonight or tomorrow, a rarity for me. We will be sharing it with friends at their homes. I’ve always loved...

I think it’s the notion of perfection – or near perfection anyway that often holds me back from doing the best I can. I discovered the...

It is an exercise in endurance, a willingness to make mistake after mistake. A few weeks ago I wrote that I felt like I was at a dead end...

Woke to a dense fog this morning. Winter disappearing. There is no snow left on the ground. The freeze on the pond has become mist, all...

the daily work….

I have entered a new phase in my relationship with the book I am working on. After almost a week of being home alone, with multiple snows...

Wishing Time Away. #place #poetry #time #Writing

The light belies the cold. Even with six inches of snow on the ground, even with temperatures barely rising above 20 F there is no doubt...

Hoosier Landscape in Snow.

Winter has seen fit to descend finally and the last days have been bitter cold and snow covered, nothing like the northeast I know. But...

Forward.

There are the true seasons and the hints of seasons. The day before yesterday I walked up the street in my brother’s Vancouver...

In the house of memory.

My big brother has Alzheimers. I will go to visit him next week and be part of his Alzheimers Walk team. He is an honoree and has been...

Mapping.

It is the coldest morning in a very long time. The dog is restless to go for a walk but I am not. I am fiddling with the fire in the new...

Time has slid into the New Year. It is December 30, the day before the turning and the sun has been a steady presence since just past...

Today I am up before the sun. Sitting at the kitchen table with hot dark tea and the only sounds the last clock in the house with hands...