Memoir

To See Beyond My Grasp

July 22, 10:19 A.M. — The river dropped considerably in the night, though it’s not yet back to its former level. I…

A Fair Imitation

July 18th, 2:00 P.M. — I pulled the canoe up on a rock in the middle of another rapid to stop and eat a can of beans. I left Camp…

Berlin Wall

I stood in the late afternoon sun surrounded by blooms in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library. It is the home to…

Of Spiders and Men

How Robert the Bruce’s spider led me to love

Life! Let’s Fight!

I got drenched in the rain today
And my makeup caked
My tear stains are showing
And my mask got torn
My armour’s showing a…

I Never Used to Care What Other People Thought of Me

Uncle Sailor

This River Is Your River

The Trash of Kindness Can’t be Carried

I see her making her way slowly down the two flights of concrete stairs. Her back is hunched…

Letters to the Cities I love. Part 2.

Buenos Aires. My City of Good Air, my City of Fire.

Spiders on the Wall

moments that matter