A Meditation

Last night, considering my present sickly condition after returning from Paris, I thought a moment of “sitting” or meditation might be a good recuperative effort. I lit some candles, burned some incense, turned the lights down low. And sat. And sat. I...

I came into

the office this morning. All was silent except for the delicate “tinkling” sound that I heard from afar. It sounded like running water, a persistent drip. Then, moving down the corridor, I realized that it was crickets chirping. Yes, I will proffer, the...

Kayaking/10pm,Saturday

thought I could show my 17 year old daughter the littoral actions of Decatur Island by deep night. Decatur is located north of Seattle, about 70 miles, in the San Juan archipelago. We have a house there. We trudged to the silent shore, the tide deep, moving the kayak...