Last winter, on a sunny day when a cold wet snow blanketed the ground and tree limbs were naked, I sat by the lake with Rabia and wondered if the rolling white fields I was seeing across the lake … [Read more...]
Under the Snow
Across the thumb-shaped north end of the lake, if your vantage point is near the mouth of the Lake Tunnel, there is a puffed up open expanse of farmland. By my reckoning it runs between the Geneva … [Read more...]
On the porch with the dog
Here is the problem. It is Monday morning and a sunny sixty-nine degrees. A fresh westerly breeze is sweeping my plant-and-flower-surround porch where I am writing. Dog Rabia, is asleep within the … [Read more...]
Ugliness and Beauty
Stop. Take a slow, deep breath. Fill your diaphragm first and then let it out slowly. Try it again, closing your eyes perhaps. Ah. There is a relentless car alarm blaring at us, emanating from … [Read more...]
Change
For more than two decades I shared my days with automobiles starting and stopping at poorly syncopated traffic lights, people rushing to work, class, or in and out of restaurants and stores along … [Read more...]