A 6-Yr. Old Was Arrested In North Carolina…

A 6-Yr. Old Was Arrested In North Carolina… What did you love to do at 6? I loved playing in our landlady, Mrs. Butler’s, backyard. In summer heat I sprawled under the vast shade of a Dutch elm. In spring warmth I created tunnels for ants to explore in the dazzling...

Standing At The Window

Standing At The Window For the past three summers I’ve spent in my Santa Fe casita I’ve been visited by Townsend’s Solitaires, small gray birds that trill complex melodies or tone a single B-note call. There is always one that sings from the branches of the pinon...

Traffic Lessons: Are We Driving Blind?

I had just left Farmer Joe’s feeling good about purchasing all I needed for my dinner party that night in a relatively short amount of time, and under budget. I had an hour’s grace period before I had to start cooking. Driving out of the parking lot to the left turn...

On The Porch: Perspectives in the Afternoon of Life

I’ve never met a porch I didn’t like. It’s what I notice first about a house: Is there a porch and what is its purpose? Is it a wrap-around veranda that provides places for secret conversations on the side of the house or a screened-in porch that brings you a...
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