Tiny Tales

There are those days in life that you realize that no one gets out unscathed, unhurt. This was one of those days! We had loved her unconditionally and she had done the same for us but her body was shutting down, she had given it all. She had been in every significant moment cheering these…

Last Saturday morning I was walking along the shoreline, in a few places along the trail, there are trees between the water and the trail, as I tucked around this tree imagine my surprise when I happened upon this beautiful little Fairy Garden. It felt like a moment of magic was upon me, ripe for…

I have gone sailing most every year for the last 10 or so years. Being on a sailboat is like returning to the womb for me. The quiet, the rock of the water, the smell of the ocean air, all if it providing a comfort that I get no where else. When I am on…

It began as a dream in early 2008, we could buy a boat, circumnavigate the world, be together all the time. We were in those early days of being in love when everything seems possible and reality is long forgotten. We found our Munay in Fiji, went out for an initial sea trial and then…

Someday the woman wishes the dirty dishes made it to the sink, that the sneakers weren’t dropped in the middle of the room, that there were more hours in the day, no correct that I don’t want or need more hours in the day. I wish for more hours doing things that bring me joy.…

I sat alone, journal on the table, writing, thinking about bicycling, bicycling in this place of a million bicycles, I too wanted to bicycle, to join in with the crowd not to move furniture like some do but to explore this place, this place full of history and story, this place of cafes and coffee,…

It is simple, symmetrical beauty. I can imagine it’s fragrance, sweet and delicate. I can feel it’s soft skin, tender and supple to the touch. I can catch it out of the corner of my eye as I walk through my neighborhood, simple beauty during a slow walk on an average street in my random…