“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” Thornton Wilder Thornton Wilder, a favorite author, gives an example of his insight […]
The Treasurists
A Happy Place
There is a pulse to existence, you can hear it, you can see it…if you pay attention. I was traversing the Long Beach surf when I stopped to alight on a […]
We Are Life
“What we do to serve life automatically benefits all of us because we are all included in that which is life. We are life.” David R. Hawkins Wed. June 22nd, I biked […]
Made in the American Shade
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” Elmer Davis I feel there is no point in being free in […]
Petals and Paws
I watched a single petal fall. 5:45 Saturday morning, April 30, 2016: We tried using the AC last night to keep the pollen out of our condo. Yes, air conditioning when the […]
Mindfulness? A Crock!
It’s spring and the Long Beach, NY boardwalk reflects it. The sun on your cheek is as warm and soft as a sigh, yet the air has a new-beginnings zest. I spotted […]
Reflections
One night this mirror will reflect…but a wall. Spring is upon us…again. Crocus creep out of the soil, I poke out of winter. But the flash is once again before me. Life […]
The Way
“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” Ralph Waldo Emerson. I walked along the shore because, “I live now.” I walked the edge of […]
Mass Shooting…of Curls
Turning on TV news these days is daunting. As I turned on my 47 inch flat-earth screen this week I wondered, “What’s at the top of the news this morning? Mass shooting…again? […]
New Eyes
“The real voyage of discovery comes not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust New Horizons spacecraft brought us new landscapes from Pluto three billion miles from Earth…our […]
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