The heart cuts and sews our lives, despite our patterns’ chalk lines. You make a life plan—and, as Julia Sweeney said, God said Ha! You think if you’re careful, you can steer […]
Life Alterations: Clip, Clip, Clip, Sew, Sew, Sew
Eric Couldn’t Be Near Hate; He Said it Was Infectious
Hedy Page only wants to focus on the good in the world today. She attributes her focus on kindness and love to Eric. Hedy invited me to her home for a visit. […]
Safe at Home? Not so Much, But We Celebrate His Life.
Many of you know that Lazar LaPenna’s leaving this planet was way too early—he was just ten years old. Worse, his death was at a Little League game in Point Lookout, New […]
A Crash and its Echoes
The steel crushed flesh and bone—and bone ripped away sight. Marianne Hassan and her husband Albert drove from a Christening to pick up their baby at grandma’s. It was May 25th, 1997, […]
Keeping a Sunny Day Sunny
Sunday was a sunny day, and should have stayed that way. But black tires raced across white sand, and the rescuer’s flashing lights were ominous so early in the morning, it was […]
Personal Windows
“And one day, in response to my love, she blew me a kiss.” “Learn to love the sunrise and sunset, the beating of rain on the roof and windows, and the gentle fall […]
Messages, We Live Them
The captain looked sharp in full uniform…though he was deceased. I attended his wake. I worked with Harry Hassler in Transit Police Dist 20 in the 1970s. We were both cops. But […]
Be…As Long As You Can…Be
Please…stay a little longer. Some of you who have followed my previous post have seen that not all nesting Oystercatchers are successful in their breeding. A mysterious destruction of a nest to […]
I Love…
Video once again included at no extra charge. I love… We start so many sentences with, “I love”: I love you, I love pizza, I love ice cream, I love taking photos…I […]
Getting High on Sky
“That’s a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet.” Jandy Nelson, The Sky is Everywhere The sky does indeed begin at your feet when you: “… squiggle sandy […]
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