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though you were mostly gone,every breath a great labor, I thought of others who,before liftoff, with great effort, forced their parched lips to sayto those assembled: I love you. You mean the worldto me. Thank you for being here. You … Continue reading →

Winter sunshine deceives usinto thinking that spring has arrivedin January, along with the narcissus arrowing upward from cold earth,blooming their fool heads off whenthey have no business doing so. But they do, I remind myself.This is what gives us hopein … Continue reading →

Grief takes funny forms,as we know, and when a link arrived to a Peter Yarrowvideo singing new lyrics to his famous tune about howthe song of Puff came to be (before, Yarrow says, he knewabout marijuana, so no, it’s not … Continue reading →

Though I’d been bribing himwith yummy baby food for weeks, after I added the magic powderto help him relax in the carrier, Maxi walked away. Of course.You’re on to me, aren’t you? I said at 6:30 a.m., too early forboth … Continue reading →

Circling the labyrinthon the first walk of the year, I turn into the ascending sun,stop, tilt my chin to welcome the kiss of light throughbare-limbed trees, and think of the belovedsseen and unseen, those here and gone,as pilgrims walk the … Continue reading →

I’m not a resolutions kinda gal.I like to be surprised by what’s coming since predictions seem silly.Life is nothing but unpredictable, as is survival—for us, for the planet.And while we do all we can to assure the going on—for us, … Continue reading →

My sister’s note is stilltaped to the pole lamp inthe living room on our mother’swell-trod route throughthe house. I cannot bear to removeit just yet, though Mom’sinnumerable trips pushingthe red walker ended21 days ago, and shefaded into the hereafter14 days … Continue reading →

Moonset in the southwestern sky,Venus and Saturn suspended abovea tiny fingernail of waxing crescent,as I pull into the driveway inher car with her in the front seat. Never mind that she’s been gonefor 12 days, that she lifted off fromthe … Continue reading →

I walk under high fogbecause something has propelled meto get outside and see the neighborhood anewon this quiet afternoon as the worldheads into who knows what. Already, across this country,two major acts of public violencehave rocked us. But because I … Continue reading →

On the last day of the year,sunshiny and chilly, I makemy way back to Amy’s deck where Shelley and the gals havebeen exercising their hearts outTuesday mornings while I’ve been otherwise occupied.Coming back into my world,delighted to be part of … Continue reading →