Today is the first day of the month of May, a day of ancient, more recent, and in many cases forgotten seasonal celebrations, among them May Basket Day. Traditionally, in the instance of someone in love and to express romantic interest, flowers were arranged in a basket, or perhaps watering can, and placed at the […]
Letter: The Wheels on the Bus
They hadn’t been traveling together long, the school bus driver and her aide, but what the two struck up a friendship. If it were the first day of school, the two women – the driver and her aide – would smile and wait patiently as children posed for a picture on the porch by mom […]
Letter: Still Watching Over Me
Fifty years ago I accidentally locked the keys to our honeymoon Volkswagen bug in the car. The problem was our car was on the ferry and we were supposed to be first off but of course now we are holding up traffic. I guess my mind was elsewhere. Similar was what happened this morning: […]
Letter: Choose Peace, Discover Joy
“Sometimes you just need a break in a beautiful place alone.” The “Words for Women” social media site, which is the source of this quote, declares its purpose is to share “the words we all need to hear.” Men included. Doodling, I crossed out “alone” and substituted “with someone you love” as, I believe, the […]
Letter: Love and Healing in the Woods
As you wander about the forest, where the river runs nearby, you might see them here and there, now and then, not often, and mostly you would pass them by unseen. Unless you are wandering for that express purpose, wanting to find some source of help for your troubled heart, some sign you are not […]
Letter: The Legacy of the Leaf
A “gem among native plants,” the trillium flower in the forest is “like finding a secret treasure that only nature could hide so well,” extolled a gardening website. These native beauties – treasures in the forest, bestowed with exceptional grace, adorned with delicate beauty, dressed as if attending a gala, with flowing silk of intricate […]
Letter: That’s Love Isn’t It
It’s a magical place, the forest. Unearthly quiet, shadows deep, filtered sunlight, the faint sound of the river the only disturbance of the silence, and that not at all distracting but rather serving as an orchestral interlude, a soft, pleasant melody, accompanying you on your explorations. Your breathing is not labored given you’re going so […]
Letter: She’s the Reason
Flowers are beautiful whether we notice them or not. And sometimes in the flower garden the sheer number of flowers may mean individual flowers – their own exquisite beauty, their own delicate artistry, all that makes up the characteristics fairly shouting their identity – are not seen. But then there she is. And you stop, […]
Letter: Loving in the Rain
“Singin’ in the Rain” was the centerpiece of the film by that title (1952) in which Gene Kelly memorably dances to the song “while splashing through puddles during a rainstorm in California.” “Why am I smilin’ and why do I sing?Why does December seem sunny as Spring?Why do I get up each morning to startAnd get […]