WHEN ONE LITTLE WORD MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE I CAN do the footwork! Strong, assertive, positive, confident. I can “ONLY” do the footwork… Weak, negative, apologetic, “poor me…” I can teach you to play piano – but I can’t bring you to world-famous level. I can teach...
BACK ON THE BEACH IN SPAIN. I’d sit there. Two little girls scrabbling in the sand. Building castles. Running to get water. Splashing each other. Communicating in two languages. And I’d listen. Surrounded by a veritable Tower of Babel. Catalan, Spanish, Dutch, German,...
IT FINALLY HAPPENED TO ME! Summer in the Chesapeake was drawing to its end. I’d tried to fit in last minute yoga and pilates classes, mostly unsuccessfully. I was also trying to see friends I’ve managed to miss all summer long Thus it happened that we arranged to meet...
WHY I DON’T KEEP A PERSONAL JOURNAL. Somewhere in my teens I was given a diary. Probably a Christmas present. Pink and green with flowers on the cover and a tiny padlock on the side. With a minute key. My teenage dreams and desires written in my best cursive were safe...
AMéLIE IMMORTALITY Do not stand by my grave and weep… I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am a diamond glint on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awake in the morning hush, I am the swift up...
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