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Soon, though, Fernando was banging frantically on the French doors. Maria jumped up. Mom came rushing at the noise. “It’s gone,” he stammered when Mom threw open the door. “What…

In Disney Land, when I was eight, waiting for rides,  I watched the clouds to pass the time.   I have watched them ever since.  

“Rico is farting like a German,” said Giovanni as we walked together along the beach. “The stink of it. Even with the windows open.”   “Can’t you just put him outside?”…

Hound thinks Lake Michigan   is his Swimming Pool.

Looking back at me.

Mom beaded the way grandmas knit. She could make anything – wall art, bed spreads, Halloween costumes. Some of her beads were so small that when strung, they blended like carpets,…

“I take it you have had your toy lion, Lionel,  for a while?” Charlie asked. “Jay gave him to me when I was four,” I replied. “And Jay is?” “My…

As I searched in the crannies of the earliest sunspots where the lizard first crept out of the night’s cold, I heard the throaty sound of a motor. Mom heard…

Crossing my fingers and then my toes, I counted backwards from ten. At zero, I ran. Quickly, the Garden gave way, and a sage-like, dusty smell snuffed out Garden’s green…

A quilt covered Charlie’s navy blue childhood bed. Above the bed hung a very large pin board covered with photos. I moved in to look more closely. There were images…

My animals were separated by four mending Bonsai. Most had severed branches like amputees. One had a long crack in its main trunk and was slowly dying. All its leaves…

I held Anna with one hand, while loading the dishwasher with the other. She had her bottle and was tilting her head back to suck on it.   “Took my…

I could hear Maria coming. They would make this real; if they caught me it would be true. It could not be true, not ever. Susie moved toward me, but…

Mom said what made Jay such a good photographer was that he was exceptionally patient. When he sensed a shot, he waited, some-times for days. Mom said she couldn’t count…

I am happy at dawn, watching light change, feeling possibility like a promise. Hound enjoying a dawn swim

I love the quiet of the woods. Its dappled paths, And moss covered bark.

I am walking childhood trails. It smells like home. Redolent of Eucalyptus and mossy Oak.

On Windy Hill A Coyote approached I grow a little afraid as it gets nearer. If he wanted to attack, it would hurt. But when coyote is just a few…

On hot summer days, Early morning when the air still nips, Swirly mist rises from the Snake A playground for the geese.

Beautiful dawn At SFO. Returning rental car, I am heading home.

Our parks are extensive and beautiful. Still, it is an urban landscape, where Hound and I take our walks.

Leaf carpets So many patterns and colors scattered across the white.

I have been liking the trees Their soft leaves Golden and feathery Neo has been liking the scents. Last night’s rain Has made the ground redolent. I like these too-…