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Tall Eucalyptus with Brittle Branches Why Birds have Wings, and We Don’t Last week I watched as a crow lit on a branch high in this tree, outside my office. The limb gave way under the bird’s weight. The crow rode down about fifty feet, still perched on the falling branch. No more than ten feet from the […]
Foreground: Judi, Elaine, and Rob Background: April and Janice Love Rains! It reigns, too, of course. But at a baby shower–especially a baby shower for my own daughter–love saturates the air. Saturday we gathered at the home of Elaine’s parents-of-her-best-friend-since-she-was-three to celebrate baby Sawyer’s arrival, expected later this fall. Our hostesses, Janice and her daughter-in-law, Nici, […]
Brenda, Dylan, me, Cadence, Elaine All Grown Up Yesterday I traveled to San Diego to attend my daughter Elaine’s baby shower. Aside from the usual anticipation that accompanies these happy occasions, I had another matter on my heart: Brenda would be there, with her son Dylan. Brenda and Elaine had been friends since they were young girls. […]
Caspian Pink! Growing Patience More than any other character trait, patience challenges me. I often pray for more patience, despite my friends’ half-joking warnings that it’s a dangerous thing to request. Each summer I grow a “Juliet” grape tomato for salads and a larger heirloom for slicing. Last year’s “Black Krim” was incredibly tasty, but […]
Our Local Independence Day Parade, 2007 Gifts Too Big to See On Friday, August 6, my dear friend Elizabeth, about whom I’ve written before (for example, here), was sworn in as a citizen of the United States. We exchanged several phone calls, emails, and text messages in the days leading up to the big event. […]
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