finding beauty in the everyday


  • Soft >Snark

    Tired of all my usual radio stations, last night I landed on Magic FM and Delilah’s syndicated call in/easy listening/dedication show. My desired cool girl sensibilities usually cause me to scan past 99.5 as quickly as possible, but last night I stopped to listen; a mom discussed the heartbreak of asking her addict son to…

  • October 2019

    It feels like October outside; cool, cold in the shade, crisp, clear. I looked at the weather app on my phone this morning…90 in LA, 58 here. Sweater weather. A cold snap coming in two days, possible snow flurries just to the north. One year since I moved back into my house. Two years since…

  • Free, Free, Eee, Ack

    “I’m free, I’m free” yelps the little balloon, joyfully. Up, up and away he flies. A crisp October morning. Blue skies. “Let’s go north, let’s go north”. But, the wind has other plans. South he blows. Away from the irrigated, green fields of the North Valley and the Rio Grande River. Away from the lavender…

  • Grounded

    Balloon Fiesta 2019 Like an army waiting to attack, balloons wait, tethered. Across the desert, under an opaque and dense layer of fog, the first and only of 2019. Sometimes there’s nothing to do but wait. Chill. Sit. See what comes. The sun burns through, too late. There’s always tomorrow.