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Category: seasons
Aha!
One of the earliest lessons I was inadvertently taught was that the truth can be flexible. I learned it in the first grade when I was unceremoniously plucked from the line of first graders walking home for lunch from school. I was made to… Continue Reading “Aha!”
The Summer That Wasn’t
Let’s face it. This is not like any other summer I’ve known. For you either, I suspect. It doesn’t have that carefree summer feel at all. There’s a deadly killer lurking. If I just look out my bedroom window it looks ok, but that’s… Continue Reading “The Summer That Wasn’t”
The (not so much) Great Getaway
The hills surrounding Santa Barbara rose to meet us as we headed North on the 101, our first escape from sheltering in place. To my surprise, the grasses on the hills are now golden, the deep emerald green just a memory, vanishing quickly once… Continue Reading “The (not so much) Great Getaway”
Moving Forward
The Holiday season brings mixed emotions each year. I imagine the longer one lives, the more mixed it becomes, as losses accumulate. Such is life. Many years ago my mother passed just before Thanksgiving. Many more years ago my infant son died of crib… Continue Reading “Moving Forward”
One Journey Ends, Another Begins
I awakened from my sleeping pill slumber as we were an hour out of LA. Relief that the long flight was nearly over flooded my consciousness. Awareness dawned that I hadn’t eaten dinner or breakfast, falling asleep early in the flight and blessedly remaining… Continue Reading “One Journey Ends, Another Begins”