Lots of Luck…All bad

| August 28, 2008

Just before my father and I left Florida we saw some people fishing from the beach at Navarre. My father is an avid fisherman. I can think of few things that captures his attention as much as fishing does. I like to fish, especially when I was a kid, but I can’t hold a candle [...]

Something Missing

| August 23, 2008

 Indifference For many years I have gazed at the painting you did for me, telling me that if I should ever decide to come back, I could use  your mother’s address  hidden inside the frame to contact you. I’ve never looked I’m afraid.         Every August when I return from Texas, I find the forest about my home [...]

The Banana Slug–Better than Escargot?

| August 21, 2008

Here’s a little fellow that I found the other day while pruning my Rhododendron beside my driveway.  It is the Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus) which is said to be the second largest slug in the world.  They are usually the color that you see here  up here in the Northwest…also often an olive yellow, sometimes [...]

Back to the Place of Rain and Liberals

| August 17, 2008

 Blackberries  We were just friends when  you tripped on the blackberry vine.  I got to my knees beside you and Helped pick out the thorns, Putting your fingers in my mouth to Bite them out with my teeth. Then to make you laugh I fed you Sun-warmed blackberries Lying there in the grass, and Then I [...]