My books, carefully chosen for optimal vacation enhancement, have been sorely neglected, upstaged by the lively dance of water climbing evanescent ladders of tropical sunlight on the blue horizon. What begins as a barely discernible smudge thickens, becomes wisps of cotton candy, then blossoms into snowy  white cumulus puffs, expanding with yeasty ( Read more... )

Alternating waves of moonlight and moonshadow race across the anonymous, yet dependable, black lab trotting up the center of the road before engulfing me in nocturnal bliss. The splash of silver light feels like a blessing, a baptism into the cult of lunar sensuality. Pushed by gulf breezes on a collision course with the latest cold front, the ( Read more... )

Reflections on mid-life ( Read more... )

Twenty-seven years ago my father-in-law walked thru my studio for the first time. After peering critically at the intuitive drawings accumulating on the drafting board he sniffed and pronounced that I would (might!) be a good artist once I outgrew this “cosmic stage.” My cheeks burned with the stinging dismissal of my nascent creativity. Even then ( Read more... )

So the big half century birthday celebration goes on... and I couldn't ask for more ( Read more... )

Aloha dear friends! We just got back from Hawaii today. I’d intended to post before Paul and I left for the Valley Island of Maui, but the ice storm accelerated our preparations and departure, and we left home before I had a chance to post this bit. Still, for all that it should have been posted two weeks ago, I want you to know ( Read more... )