Words Matter

CARES TO THE WIND

CARES TO THE WIND It was an average Monday, my standard paperwork day. Wake up, go to the gym, do some gardening and then sit at the computer for a...

COULD NOT RESIST

COULD NOT RESIST As soon as my eyes landed on the worn glass counter top at one of my favorite shopping joints, Second Time Around, a feeling from ...

CONTEMPLATION AND ICE CREAM

CONTEMPLATION AND ICE CREAM This should be the name of a new treatment, I thought as I decided yesterday that I couldn’t live without ice cream bec...

BURN THE BUTTER

BURN THE BUTTER Burn the butter along with the many other little lessons my grandmother taught me without trying to teach me is some of the best co...

A NEW SPOT

A NEW SPOT Change is good. I say this phrase often and for the most part I am an earnest believer of change being a good thing. I like to move furn...

ANOTHER CHICK GONE

ANOTHER CHICK GONE Suicide, heroin overdoses, cancer. This year so far seems to be the year of exits. Is it just because I am getting older and lif...

DISHES IN THE SINK

DISHES IN THE SINK After spending over a week writing a eulogy for an old family friend, then reading the eulogy at her very sad funeral filled wit...

Eulogy for Lesa Turillo (read last night at her funeral)

Eulogy for Lesa Turillo (read last night at her funeral) NATURE VS. NURTURE When someone dies from our childhood whom we haven’t seen for many y...

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES Big plans this morning as usual. I have a lot to get into my schedule because I have to work at 9 today. Gardening, ...

ON MY BIKE

ON MY BIKE Besides going to the beach as often as possible, riding my bike and gardening are two of my favorite extra curricular activities I enjoy...

THE INVISIBLE PLANE

THE INVISIBLE PLANE Remember Wonder Woman’s invisible plane? We used to laugh at it because even though the plane was invisible, Wonder Woman wasn’...

SHAKING IT UP

SHAKING IT UP Wind and rain and cold, the perfect combination on a June 4th early almost summer day for my new installation of a second floor air c...