Last Two of 2023

Last Two of 2023

Last two walks on the last two days of the year 2023: So eerily dark and gloomy in the early afternoon. It would be hard to tell what time it is if not for breaks appearing in the grey in the distance. I love that she initiated both of these...
Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year

Standing outside together in the early morning winter still-darkness, staring up at the stars in a moonless sky. The ladle-down big dipper framed by backyard trees. Blue heron. Kingfisher. Red-breasted Merganser. Delia knows all of their names. Deer, crows and...

Non-Alcoholic New Year’s

On this first day of a new year, I woke up grateful. Grateful I am not sick or hung over today. So glad drinking is not part of our lives. Glad to wake up fresh, not poisoned. I’m always glad Delia and I don’t much do what the majority of people in this...
A VETERANS DAY MOVIE RECOMMENDATION

A VETERANS DAY MOVIE RECOMMENDATION

Driving through downtown on Veterans Day and seeing people out shopping in droves treating the day like another woohoo carefree day off, I loved hearing Delia voice a little righteous anger; she thinks people who are not veterans or family members of vets should...