I must confess that I enjoy spying on Molly (my five year old niece) as she spies on Chelsea and her boyfriend Mr. Espresso. I have found her spying under the couch, under the coffee table, behind the door…blatantly…

                         Molly my five year old niece went with me today to the grocery store. While driving  there she told me she could smell France. I thought to myself that the lavender scent that I sprayed in the car must still be…

                       Building blocks. Kate stacks them one at a time, slowly, precisely and yet she plays with them right at the edge of the table. Watching her play I see myself… with the stages of mourning. The building blocks like the activities of…

                       The jewels of daily life (the rubies, pearls and diamonds) are the day to day simple moments… The ordinary is extraordinary.  

                        The boy who dreams the entire year long for summertime in Willows is happily living his dream. Yesterday he turned sixteen and his Cousin Curtis and Uncle Zane gave him a summer job cleaning their rice dryers. It is a…

                                 Sacha, since the day you have arrived a sweet healing has followed.