LOOK WITH YOUR EYES

by | Apr 13, 2020 | Daily Life

Look with your eyes, not your hands My mother said in gift shops, antique stores, the five and dime   Now, in my mask and gloves, I peer at Avocados and apples, grapefruit and lemons   Using my eyes to discern Firmness, ripeness, compatibility  ...
REMEMBER YOUR TRAINING

REMEMBER YOUR TRAINING

by | Sep 19, 2019 | Daily Life, Memoir

When, not if, you get tossed out of your boat in a rapid on a river, don’t panic. Hang onto the boat if you can, and with or without the boat, assume the floating lounge chair position: feet up, knees bent, and head back. Ride out the rapid and then, in calmer water,...
OUT OF MY BUBBLE

OUT OF MY BUBBLE

by | May 1, 2017 | Daily Life

In my Red Wheelbarrow Writers guest blog, Resist: Ignorance, I discussed reading books to help deepen my understanding of and empathy for other people. Still working on that list, still glad I’m doing so. But reading a book is not the same as speaking with a person....
HUMMINGBIRD WINTER

HUMMINGBIRD WINTER

by | Dec 8, 2016 | Daily Life

Upon returning home, from a road trip, in the middle of November, I saw a hummingbird dart out of the large rhody in the backyard to the nearby feeder, a little sugar-water still in it, hover and drink, and then dart back into the rhody. A hummingbird in November—a...