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> Trappings and TreasuresFriday Rich and I visited a local store. Days earlier, displays of gift wrap, tinsel, and ornaments had overwhelmed the store’s prime selling space. Now, clerks were busily condensing the remains of their Christmas merchandise onto a few shelves near the back of the store. A sign read, “Christmas! Final Clearance!” I heard […]
Trappings and TreasuresFriday Rich and I visited a local store. Days earlier, displays of gift wrap, tinsel, and ornaments had overwhelmed the store’s prime selling space. Now, clerks were busily condensing the remains of their Christmas merchandise onto a few shelves near the back of the store. A sign read, “Christmas! Final Clearance!” I heard a […]
Rainbow, Anza Borrego Desert, California, October 2010 It’s the Creator I feel respectful in the desert. It’s vast, and calm, and if I look carefully, I see a tremendous, subtle variety in color and form. Almost always it’s really cold or wiltingly hot. Surprising weather can develop at any moment. Motu Tautau, Tahaa, French Polynesia, […]
Uncle Roy, Aunt Nancy, Mom: August, 2006 Taproot TreasureYesterday I visited Legoland with my daughter, son-in-law, their sons, and my co-grandparents. Newborn Sawyer slept through the visit; four-year-old Cadence delighted in the park, the rides, and the Lego statues. As I returned to Orange County that evening, I was reflecting on the pleasure of […]
Pumpkins and Sunflowers Ripenings and Sproutings Autumn has landed in Southern California. My neighbor’s pumpkins are ripening on the vine as the sunflowers of summer stand a brown watch over the pumpkin patch. The shorter-and-shorter days are still bright and warm but the evening air brings a chill. Leaves color and fall, destined to rot on the […]
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