I do not know how many times I have tried to write, ten, twenty, thirty, and end up deleting everything, pushing away from the computer, and eating something I shouldn't.  Days, weeks perhaps months have gone by where I have…

A look back at last year,                  January   The two of us at the back of the ship. No Titanic pose, to chicken, it is not a question of trust, really it…

Photo by my son Sacha.   The land surrounds me, There is nothing but the dirt under my feet, the sky over head and my bare body. Alone.   I imagine what that would be like? Back in the beginning…

  One of the many gifts of the day.

  The birth of Jesus, turn the other cheek, love one another, a young girl unmarried, a man who had faith in her, a stable as a throne, three kings follow a star and find a baby, parents leave their…

  The sky hid above the slivers of charcoal clouds that trailed white whispers, rain was not a threat. We sat on a nearby bench listening to the calm steady sound of the waves and had breakfast that we bought…