At the start of each day, I open the mirrored medicine cabinet to grab my toothbrush. As I reach for the toothpaste, I silently read the lines of a poem I taped to the inside of the door more than two years ago called, “Salutation to the Dawn.” Kalidasa, who wrote the poem in Sanskrit… Continue reading My Morning Coffee
Category: Random Musings
Serendipity
Hiking in the Palisades last week, camera in hand, I stalked a bumblebee, clicking the shutter at the precise moment it landed on a vibrant yellow flower against a vivid azure sky. At home later, I studied the image, pleased I had executed the shot well. Then I saw something else: I had also captured… Continue reading Serendipity
Hiking the Palisades
I opened my eyes last Sunday morning at 6:49am. Falling back to sleep was useless. I was up, mind racing — what to do on this beautiful Indian summer day? I can count on one hand the number of people that I could call at that hour who wouldn’t curse me out; Maggie is one.… Continue reading Hiking the Palisades
A Tonic
Joyce-Anne Locking once said, “Like apples to the mind. one poem per day, read, written or listened to, acts as a tonic to keep thoughts healthy.” I’ve been gulping down quite a bit of poetry lately. While I am not sure it is keeping my thoughts healthy, this tonic clearly makes my heart open and… Continue reading A Tonic
The Third Day of Autumn 2011
“Aunt Cindy, you know I’m only a couple of years away from going to college,” my nephew Michael, who is nine, told me on Sunday. My brother and I looked at each other and laughed. “Michael, you have eight years until you are going to college,’’ I told him. “OK fine,’’ he replied, “Two years away… Continue reading The Third Day of Autumn 2011