I want to rest knowing that my granddaughter can leave her electronic tools and digital noise and fall asleep to the tick, tock, tick, tock rhythm, punctuated on the hour and half hour with a mellow chime of solid brass.
Tag: Life
I Can’t Save the World—But I Can Reduce My Carbon Footprint
Not everyone agrees that your or my collective carbon footprint amounts to a hill of beans. Others shiver at the thought of another law or more government. And those who profit greatly from fossil fuels are the first to challenge any notion of the need to reduce one’s carbon footprint.
The Christmas Queen’s Crown Rests
When I try to remember the best Christmas ever, it’s impossible. It’s not that I never had a best Christmas ever. But no single memory explodes into smiling… Read more “The Christmas Queen’s Crown Rests”
Happy Dancing and Listenting to the Pontiff’s Words
Yes, I am cherry picking words from the recently published Apostolic Exhortation by Pope Francis. I can’t slow dance with every statement in the document–I guess I’m too… Read more “Happy Dancing and Listenting to the Pontiff’s Words”
Fulfilled Dreams and Loss–A Fifty Year Memory
A landmark birthday nears and I’m not as ambivalent as with other landmark birthdays: 40, 50, and 60. Reflection is like a mirror that won’t break and… Read more “Fulfilled Dreams and Loss–A Fifty Year Memory”
“Would You Sleep With a Black Man?” — Thoughts On Racism
Passionate and powerful writers lay their words on cyber paper about the state of racism in America today. Some scribe and speak (lightly veiled) disgust towards the… Read more ““Would You Sleep With a Black Man?” — Thoughts On Racism”
Hungry For The Warrior Woman
Also seen in SLO New Times & Santa Maria Sun On an August afternoon 36 years ago, my world flipped upside down. I was 27 years old, mother… Read more “Hungry For The Warrior Woman”
Road Trip Loves; Road Trip Dislikes
When the road calls, it’s not easy to ignore a road trip’s song, “travel along my winding highways and byways,” especially when summer warms the air. There… Read more “Road Trip Loves; Road Trip Dislikes”
Plant Joy. Harvest Peace.
At times I sense a deliberate effort by others to force us into a funk that’s frothed with anger and fear. Bad vibes. Pile on our daily… Read more “Plant Joy. Harvest Peace.”
Breathe in Peace. Exhale Peace.
As if Al Gore just farted in public, the blogosphere gassed-up a regressive debate about NOAA’s reported Co2 397.35 ppm reading at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. To me, this denial is akin to my personal denial of why I can no longer squeeze into a size 8 jean
The Muse Pallet 