Do you know who this man is? He has being hanging out with me for a very long time, and still I don’t know his name. (Click on the image to have a closer look.) I’d like to get to…

I was standing on a stool, with a can of paint in one hand and a paint brush in another.  Happily painting a wall in our hallway.  I love to paint interiors.  Suddenly without much warning I sneezed, in doing…

This is a post to answer a few questions I have been asked: 1)  Yes, Chelsea started university (called Class Preparatory) in Aix.  She is living in a studio and seems to be as happy as a lark. It is…

                            When my ancestors traveled from Portugal to the Azores Islands during the thirteen century,  I was with them.  I stood under their skin,  living within their cells,  intertwined within their…

                    The porch door was open, inviting the early autumn leaves a place to rest.  A few gathered taking solace by the old porch chair.  Together they shared their stories with the words that…

The shout went out, "Put your best foot forward!"  The table leg obeyed.  She didn’t care that her foot was peeling, cracked and rough.  It was her best.  It was more than enough. photo:   A peeling red table leg knows…