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Today that would be me, figuring outthe drip system routine for just partof the magnificence on the cornerof the Santa Ynez garden goddess. I had another one next door years agonamed Inez, who politely asked if shecould plant the strip … Continue reading →

(for Lisa Morgan and Stuart Morgan) The day I came to your mother’s houseto gather donate-ables you were kindlygiving to a woman needing pots and pans, spatulas and big stirring spoons,you had snipped a rose from her garden,a perfect blushing … Continue reading →

We packed this very room,the sanctuary, really, withmore people than expected for the Lavender Chorus debuton Pride weekend in our city,two of us staunch allies among many cheering and tearingat each moving song, celebratingdiversity in harmony. We came to hear … Continue reading →

As family members look on,Henry double-dunks two ballsand declares, “bassa-bah,” in the new basket on the brightlycolored stand a bit taller than he is,gleefully chasing the rollers-away to retrieve ’em and dunk ’em againon the same day the Knicks wintheir … Continue reading →

Once upon a time (because all bedtimestories must begin that way, right?),there was a young-old woman with a too-big bed that no longer suited her—too hard, unforgiving, not supportivewhere it needed to be, and the man who loved her had … Continue reading →

First, what ho—rain?In June? Here?Whaddowe think this is—Hawaii?Warm, friendly rain, though not much. But enough for the descending sunto shoot through a prism of dropsand yep‚ throw a leg of rainbow(not the whole half) against the skyas we drive home … Continue reading →

A young couple came to take away the bed today,Clifford, the platform and drawers underneaththe old king that we moved here in 1987, though in those days it all supported a waterbed,which we replaced with a regular mattress,which I replaced … Continue reading →

All the years we two little cousinslooked up to her, she was Dede, her two initials an alliterativenickname, one you could sing with the same note on the piano. Whichmade sense for our musical cousin, the second daughter of our … Continue reading →

The courage to be brave when it matters most requires a lifetime of small decisions that set us on a path of self-awareness, attentiveness, and willingness to risk failure for what we believe is right. — Mariann Edgar Budd, Episcopal … Continue reading →

We mourned the felling of the old walnuttree, having no choice in the matter, the decision of unseen higher-upsin his condo community. One of us took photos of the otheratop the remaining stump, and one of us cried when she … Continue reading →