It was cold, but the snow had stopped, and there wasn’t more forecast. I love the snow. It will only get colder, I reasoned. It was decided. I bundled up and went to a small local forest preserve early Sunday morning. It sure WAS cold. I’ve gained a little weight...
I saw my daughter’s sweet face in a dream and smiled. Other images of her followed, dancing and twirling until my heart felt like it would explode with joy. The vision suddenly shattered and settled, spreading out, arranging itself like a Gustav Klimt painting, tiny...
I always had a studio to paint or build things in, but I let that part of my life slip away as I busied myself with graduate school and building an acupuncture practice. When the pressure from those things eased, I sewed costumes for the Ren Faire, took pictures and...
The soft wail of a train, the familiar rumble, the rhythm as metal met metal, this sorrowful, distant music pulled me from sleep. It was still dark, but I remembered the sunny creek from yesterday. Swiftly moving icy water spilled loudly over the rocky bottom. It sang...
I went to Nature seeking answers; she is always generous. I was looking for my 2023 word, the word by which I’d measure all things, a sort of rudder, my version of a New Year’s Resolution. I thought the verb “muse” might be perfect. I liked the pondering meaning of...
