Do What You Gotta Do

Do What You Gotta Do

If I look grimy in this photo it’s because I was. We hit the sandbox, which for the first time since the heat kicked in we had it all to ourselves. After castle building, we lied supine and basked in … Continue reading

The Angler

The Angler

It’s refreshing to see a fisherman in his element especially in the mist of ill-advised and division-inducing rhetoric. This angler isn’t alone. He is accompanied by a fellow angler with a fair number of accoutrements to linger on these rocks … Continue reading

My Kind of Cosmos

This scattering of asterisks not only intoxicated us with a cosmic aroma but incited musings of a new discovery…Bouchai, a combination of kombucha and chai. A little effervescent and a little spicy over a full glass of shaved ice by … Continue reading

Out On A Limb

Out On A Limb

At this point there’s nowhere else to go but out on a limb. Retrieving one’s spirit while cavorting about in nature isn’t really a novel notion though. In ancient times natura literally meant “birth,” and creation stories were a common … Continue reading

Nature’s Delight

Nature’s Delight

I’ve been shooting more nature photos lately, a premonition perhaps but not a strategy of any sorts. In fact, none of these squares have a strategy they simply reflect my thoughts at the moment. It’s not at all that nature … Continue reading

Park Checklist

Park Checklist

Park Checklist Playground…duh? ✔️  Lake…for pedaling around swiftly ✔️  Fish…for tossing remnants of snack ✔️  Lily pads…for watching critters chill out ✔️  Bridges…for traversing in suspense ✔️  Ducks…for mimicking their quacking ✔️  Ducklings…for trying to cradle in palms for transporting … Continue reading

All Hands On Deck

All Hands On Deck

I snapped this after a bout of rain…I sensed a bit of gentleness and pent-up energy harnessed in the direction of caring from this luminous soul. It’s just the spot to linger between lessons away from electrosmog exposure; a chance … Continue reading

Things You Can’t Un-know

Things You Can’t Un-know While I tend to acquire the smell of the Aegean right about now…I’m not getting a whiff of it these days. Instead, I’m materializing an elongated S-shaped basin of an Ocean because from what I know … Continue reading

A Cause Célèbre

These days our windows look as if someone flicked her wrist with a few broad strokes of a chartreuse-tipped paint brush. It’s a heavily wooded view masterly leafing out right about now as the soft pastels of spring emerge overhead. … Continue reading

Karmic Debt

Karmic Debt

When you impose expectation and limiting beliefs on someone, especially a child whose mind is so malleable, it most likely will uproot him off his life path. When a child dreams of being a concert pianist but his father says … Continue reading