Friendly Fathom

Friendly Fathom

The highlight of each Covid-19 day after I zoom around doing yoga (with the video off so I can collapse into child’s pose if it’s too strenuous) is going for a walk. At last the once white but now gray snow and ice have yielded unwittingly to the green of...

Covid crisis

It was really just a trip to buy flowers and maybe pick up a newspaper. First the bright orange Cheetos package caught my eye. But my inner food filter yelled, NO!!! So I wandered past. > I was looking for coffee when I stumbled into the cookie aisle. Just a small...
The Wisdom of  Puppies

The Wisdom of Puppies

Yesterday I received this photo from my son. He managed to capture a bear with very little brain. in a pensive pose, holding lovingly, a puppy gazing into an unknown future. Pokey the puppy lives in Arizona with my grandsons. According to my son, puppy is very happy...
Baleen Ballet

Baleen Ballet

Sound of bubbles the perfect sphere Then at the center eleven whales appear Gulping krill wide mouthed they lunge Skim the surface submerge and plunge We hold our breath as they exhale A bold burst of sound then a tail An echo lingers in the still and waiting day...
The Robin

The Robin

My mind was cluttered with catastrophe. Churning and turning, Composing and decomposing. Phrases, paragraphs, essays, Dissertations. Words, words, words. Then suddenly, A robin sang her way into The cerebral clamor. Our eyes met. The chatter stopped. She balanced on a...