In most cases, the pictures are more than a half century old and the photographer who took them has been gone for 30 years. But, unearthed just recently, they offer an astonishing gift. My dad did more than document our childhood when he shot the slides, film, photos and, later videotape. He showed us what [...]
I saw a perfect tree the other day on a quick scurry through town and it took my breath away. Sometimes, in the midst of gray days and pounding heads and worries you can’t escape, you just have to look up. I happened to glance over at the exact moment the sun warmed a proud, [...]
Sometimes a view catches my eye and I can’t believe how lucky I am to live in a world of such beauty, hilarity, sweetness and light. I hope the eight happy scenes I’m sharing today make you smile too. I happened upon all of them in the course of my ordinary days — heard a [...]
The eloquence of silence can be profound. With no words at all it tells the story of humanity and the one truth that makes our time here on earth both beautiful and raw. A silent stadium, a quiet swimming pool, a bureau full of emptied drawers all speak to the finiteness of seasons, of childhood, [...]
A man called me a dumb b*tch on Saturday as he roared past me in his car. Had he slowed down just a bit, I would have asked him a follow up question, but he apparently had very important places to be and a desperate need to get there quickly. His word choice, the venom [...]