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for RDS Now that I’ve turned informs to enroll in Medicareand received the little redand blue card with myofficial number, and I’m 54 days from my65th birthday, happily retiredfrom the day job for two years, and I worked out today … Continue reading →

Not a compliment, certainly notwhen delivered by sneering boyswalking past me, tucked intoa shaded playground corner,absorbed in that moment’s book,the two of us safely away fromflung balls and kids’ hubbub— a word they wouldn’t have knownif a teacher hadn’t used … Continue reading →

for Lucy Bunch, with gratitude They sayit is good to go backto the beginning, when we didn’t knowwhat we didn’t know,to wear the snug shoes of one just startingto walk the path.And so, even at this late date, we tacklethe … Continue reading →

As so often happensthe day after I return homefrom vacation, I am doggedeverywhere by cats, who have,despite excellent care, missed me. After a quick trip to the urbanfarm to pick up produce, Ireturn to two tails and eight pawscircling me … Continue reading →

Sweet start to summer,though it’s not necessarily pink,this bright disc in the portalof night easing itself alongthe southern horizon,warm, misty, welcoming. Open the blinds: Let it spillits milk on the floor, pooland soak in, pearly andgleaming. Step into that light—outside, … Continue reading →

for Klaus and Gundi Heinemann Let us see what the seahas delivered this daywith a quick walk downthe meadow path tothe beach, perhaps taking the sandytrail through the dunes,past the lemony lupinetossing fragrance atus as we pass, enticingus to stop … Continue reading →

for Pat Schneideron the 89th anniversary of her birth So if I write a poem each day,that’s one kind of prayer,which I think you tried toshow me long ago, writing having become yourspiritual practice, after decadeson your knees, after years … Continue reading →

Be carefulwhen you bendto smell the stalksof yellow lupineflourishing onthe sandy pathto the beach industrious bumblesare at work here you are intruding asthey busily hoverseeking the uprightbanner with the helpfulspot at its base to directpollinators to thenectar reward as you … Continue reading →

for Sue Lester I have followed yousince we were 8, youalways a head taller andeight months older, down dusty paths strewnwith all manner of loveliness—poppies, blue dicks, softgreen grasses—and potential danger—poison oak,crumbly granite underfoot,so easy to slip on, allmanner of … Continue reading →

for Dickie Of all the places I’ve cut your hair—and if I could math, I might be ableto calculate it, but I don’t, so I won’t— perhaps my favorites are withinsight of the sea, the ocean refillingour spirits, saltwater and … Continue reading →