The setting sun nestles, then sleepily nests, In the shaded folds of a place of rest, That only the mountains make. Like the sleepy-eyed child, Who searches out Mother's soft embrace, with a... Read more >>

I learned everything there. I learned the ocean, the mountains, the coyotes and the shrill song of the crickets at night; I learned the warm drifts of the Santa Ana breezes in November, right around... Read more >>

To watch a beautiful sunset is to have a borderline spiritual experience. We’re all sun worshippers at heart—minus the dancing and animal sacrifices, of course—whether we’re... Read more >>

The ship’s bell rings sea bound the boat sails forth, not lingering nor looking back. The water is calm and the sky is blue, but what am I doing staying ashore? The ship will return, the... Read more >>

Have you heard of the “dining in the dark” craze? In Paris and London you can try Dans le Noir; in Berlin or Hamburg you can try Invisible Bar; in New York it’s the Dark Dining... Read more >>

In Washington we have our own private archipelago, a scattering of 450 islands that lay like jewels in the water between Washington and Canada. The San Juan Islands always surprise me when I see them... Read more >>

Endings are but Beginnings   The Sunset brings forth the Stars in the Sky      The Tide is Propelled by the Moon on its Rise... Read more >>

When I felt the Dawn’s rising Sun brush my cheek and kiss me gently, I thought of you ... When I saw the hues of mango orange and glorious golden yellow trace a smile on my bedroom wall, I... Read more >>

A black man with hair dyed blonde to match his wife’s. Although his is closely cropped. Their child being comforted for her tears in the arms of an Indonesian nanny. The parents gaze off across... Read more >>

What is it about the smallest things that can suddenly, abruptly, bring so many things into focus? For me, it was tonight’s absolutely breathtaking sunset … a brilliant gold, orange, and... Read more >>