10 Minute Joint Saver

The number of times I needed to exercise but wouldn’t have summoned up the get-started energy without Delia joining in with me: TOO MANY TO COUNT. This week it’s been this ten-minute seated cardio workout: I’m overweight to the point where I...
The Last Watermelon

The Last Watermelon

The sweetness of small shares, like when we’re sharing a box of candy and she says, “do you want a watermelon?” And I say “sure!” And it tastes SO GOOD! And then I look at the packet to get some more and realize, “was that the last...
Love in Bingo Buttons & a Speaker Box

Love in Bingo Buttons & a Speaker Box

So much love, luck, beauty and comfort sitting in the corner of my huge new-old desk where I’ve been working every day: 37 days straight. Desk from our friend, speaker from my wife, bingo buttons from my mom bought over the phone from across the water when she...
Juicy Little Berry Love

Juicy Little Berry Love

Delia handing me a wild rambling blackberry Love is how the space between us on the trail quietly stretches and shrinks, stretches and shrinks. Pauses to smile or say something or look at something together. There is space between us that stretches and shrinks. Pulls...

Dear Heavenly Fucker

Yesterday I mentioned I love how Delia and I are both open to prayer, and do pray (and even pray together) on a regular basis. I know that probably sounds hokey to some of you, and/or you associate it with very specific religious practices or ideas of “God”. Today’s...