As far as I am aware, I never had COVID although it’s ever-present like a haunting perhaps using some of the air in my lungs.   I live in a ...

(Reflections on a visit to the Donkey Sanctuary in Hopland, Ca  2023)   Oh, ye donkey Oh, ye donkey ears Oh, ye donkey hair Oh, ye donkey ey...

  Observations of experiencing an atmospheric river A   The California hills a preposterous green, the clouds nefariously white,            ...

 Sad little patio on a bleak day.

  Miss Christmas Tree 2022  (& 2020 & 2021)   There is tree outdoors in a pot -- a big deep pot on a patio, standing bravely in a sp...

She said, “The year has flown by.” My son-in-law said, “Sometimes it feels that way.” I thought, “ What year was she living in ?”   This yea...

It’s tiny, the book, about an inch square and you made it with your tiny  four-year-old hands.   So engrossed  and confident  and pleased wi...