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The Fort of July
There is a FORT in comfort. Sometimes hiding inside a word can help. Naomi Shihab-Nye It’s a difficult fourth of July, but … Continue reading
Posted in Finding Hope, Memoir, Nature, Ranch Life
Tagged 4th of July, America, hope, kids, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Naomi Shihab Nye, politics, ranch life
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Lights in the Night
I’ve been watching the glow of squid boats in the Santa Barbara Channel lately, a veritable parade of lights, and there is something beautiful about it. (I didn’t take the picture above, and I think it’s Malibu, but you get … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Ranch Life
Tagged boats, fishing, nights, ranch life, squid boats, wildlife
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Tuesday Morning
It’s early morning…everything is still quiet, the house is asleep. I had a dream-filled night, a solid sleep from eleven until five, which is pretty good for me. My daughter arrived last night, and maybe I sleep better with her … Continue reading
Summer Settles In: A Re-Run
Summer is upon us. It’s been cool and foggy here at the coast, burning off by afternoon, daylight’s glare fading gradually until it all turns into magic, the broad white lingering sky that comes between sunset and darkness at this … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged daughters growing up, light, my mother, ranch life, small pleasures, summer
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Time Change
Yesterday was the end of Daylight Savings time, reminding us that the names we bestow upon the hours are arbitrary, but it does seem to mark a shift. Darkness is gathering a little too soon, and in the gloaming I see the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Memoir
Tagged 2016 election, change, Hillary Clinton, Leonard Cohen, politics, ranch life, reflections, time change, Trump
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Re-Play
I posted the following on this day seven years ago, and I’m re-posting it now because it’s pretty much exactly still true. That’s how life is around here, especially in summer. Timeless. Seamless. As Jane Hollister Wheelwright once told me, “There’s no … Continue reading
In Pursuit of Perseids
It’s just the way I am. If there’s going to be a meteor shower, I want to watch. And so last night I hauled a sleeping bag, pad, and pillow out onto the deck. My original plan had been to … Continue reading
Windy Days
As we drove out of the ranch to go into town the other day, we noticed a man with wind-tousled white hair standing on the bluff facing the sea and playing a shiny brass trumpet. He wore a pullover sweater…for some … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Nature, Ranch Life
Tagged David Whyte, Gaviota, Krista Tippett, mysteries, On Being, ranch life, wind, wonders
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The Return of the Bike Girls
Thirty or so years ago, still new to California, I fell in with a group of friends who rode bicycles. They did other things as well, of course, but riding bikes was the theme of our time together. We met regularly … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Memoir, Small Pleasures
Tagged bicycle friends, bicycles, bike girls, friends, ranch life
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Leaving Dream-Island
Sometimes a dream just stays with you, and this one did. It was a dream of green hills, our local ranch and farm land the way it is for a brief period after winter rain, green grass gleaming. I was … Continue reading →