“The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh.” ~ Rumi Spring has come a bit early to my house: the Orchid Sisters have returned! When they bloomed last year, it had […]
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Green Season
March 13, 2022
High(ish) Hopes
February 2, 2022
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series (1841) For the last couple of years now, it seems we have been continually swimming in this pandemic, facing down wave after wave, as if caught in a riptide. The shore is in view, but each time we […]
A Winter Wish for You
December 24, 2021
Winter, the quiet season, has arrived. Beyond the hustle and bustle of the current festivities, winter is a time for shorter days, staying indoors and quiet contemplation. It is a season that offers us an opportunity to look back on where we’ve been and to look forward to all the possibilities held in the […]
A Month By Any Other Number
November 27, 2021
“Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.” “A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.” ~Marcus Tullius Cicero My second language is Italian. Not long ago I was helping another native English speaker begin their own Italian language-learning […]
FM Signals
September 23, 2021
“Suddenly summer’s work is over and whatever trials there were are done with. My heart is light… I am standing in a new-minted world, summer folded away like a rose pressed in a book.” ~ Gladys Taber, “Fall”, Stillmeadow Sampler, 1959 The fall season has arrived with its promise of cool, crisp weather, […]
Girl Group
July 23, 2021
“Sow a seed and the earth will yield you a flower. Dream your dream to the sky and it will bring you your beloved.” ~ Khalil Gibran The photo above is of the orchid blooms that greet me each morning when I come into the kitchen. The plant was a gift from a friend several […]
Keep it Simple
June 7, 2021
“Walked out this morning Don’t believe what I saw Hundred billion bottles Washed up on the shore Seems I’m not alone in being alone Hundred billion castaways Looking for a home” ~ From “Message in a Bottle” (1979) by the Police I recently heard “Message in a Bottle” the classic 1979 song by The Police, […]
In-Personally
May 2, 2021
“The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward, like everybody else.” ~ Umberto Eco There is a Los Angeles Italia Film Festival that annually showcases Italian films at a local theater. As with other events during the past couple of years, pandemic concerns and limitations […]
Spring in My Step
March 29, 2021
And the Spring arose on the garden fair, And the Spirit of Love fell everywhere; And each flower and herb on Earth’s dark breast Rose from the dreams of its wintry rest… ~Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Sensitive Plant” 1820 Several days ago I received a vaccination against COVID-19. The subsequent intense and uncomfortable […]
“I’m not a cat”
February 17, 2021
“Nothing like a little judicious levity.” ~ From The Wrong Box, by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne (1889) By now, most of you have probably seen the short video of a lawyer accidentally visually represented as a cat during a courtroom hearing via Zoom. Usually, when I come upon an amusing video clip such […]
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