Month: December 2019

the little classroom

“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.” Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper At this time of year, I...

The pause of paws:

A meditation on Red Flags, hoofs, and paws The Park by the Pizzaria, Langley, Whidbey Island, Washington, The Salish Sea Sometimes when we walk, we must now pause, since Kai-the-dog is 98 in human years. So we stop.  We pause to rest our paws. Perhaps because it did not speak? ...