Lisa’s German Shepherds, Rocky and Mimi, sounded like they’d like some tasty leg of Lee. They soon calmed down. I spoke with Lisa Wong Esposito at her home on Long Beach Blvd […]
Do I Have Fancy Clothes? This—Is My Thing.
“Be Kind to One Another,” She Said.
Tis the Season. Joy and kindness flourish. It’s notable in Long Beach, just as it is in your hometown, explosions of light by people wanting to share their good tidings with us […]
Christmas, On the Sea of Love
It was the same deep bark, a big-dog bark that I heard the last time I was here. I knew I looked eccentric, my hair wild, my eyes, red. I was on […]
Windows
With the media full of examples of greed, selfishness, and just all around thuggery, we might be excused for feeling underwhelmed by the theme of the “season of giving.” But I keep […]
In the Starlight
Waiting at the stop light, in the starlight, watching the universe pass by. When I think of the sun as simply what it is…a star, it helps me to keep existence in […]
Wrapping Presence
The clock on the wall held meaningless symbols. I was reading, “Einstein and the Poet” when Cheryl walked in. She came for a coffee break from her work studio down the hall; […]
Chestnuts of Joy
We went into Manhattan recently and saw the Rockefeller Center tree, the colored lights, the ice skaters. But it was the aroma that got me. There was a spot near Rockefeller Center […]
Joy in the Puzzle of Life
Tis the Season of giving, the Season of joy. Yes, many consider the holidays their Season of joyous giving. But others don’t wait for …the Season. While walking Bailey one day […]
Sipping the Season
Monday, Dec. 21, the shortest day of the year, found me a bit down. I was very aware of the clouds, the fog, the shortness of daylight… the shortness of life. Deaths […]
Christmas…Just for a Time
Did you ever hear anyone say, “Let’s go out and paint the town…brown”? Or doing anything “by the light of the beige moon”? I didn’t think so. We get brown news all […]
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