measures of life

The past few weeks or so has got me thinking about what makes a life. It’s multi-faceted. There’s health, love, financial security, food, clean water. There’s also the things you surround yourself with. There’s things you do that you enjoy. There’s your memories, your interior mind. For some, it’s their art, whatever form it takes….

The home stretch of the year

It’s November, which means NaBloPoMo time. I have no idea if it’s still a thing, but I’m going to try. I just got back from a trip to Utah and Yellowstone which I’ll be recapping when I have more time. So this is just a quick post to get in before I go to bed…

The Summer of …

Happy summer solstice! The longest day of the year has been pretty normal in these parts. I worked in the morning. In the early afternoon, I just lounged a bit. Mom and I went out to a pharmacy and then got cheeseburgers and Cajun fries from Five Guys since we’d both been craving it. After…

Greece (Athens to Chania, Crete) – day 3 (Creativity Retreat)

Our flight wasn’t until 1 pm with our ride coming at 10:30 am so after we got ourselves mostly ready to leave, we went out to breakfast at a cafe nearby called Aioli. We both had toast with cheese, ham, and a fried egg and cappuccinos. It was perfect. I snapped a few photos on…

US to Greece (LAX > Frankfurt > Athens) – day 1 (travel + Acropolis, National Garden & Plaka)

Let’s get those travel days out of the way because they were mostly unpleasant. Sandy arrived in Long Beach on Monday. We had a nice evening chatting with Mom and her watching me putting my bag together. On Tuesday, our Lyft driver (Paul) was there on time and got us to LAX by 11:30 am….

August Break #1: morning light

My bedroom window faces east. That means if I forget to close my blinds at night, the early morning sunshine streams brilliantly into my room. The head of my bed is right under the window. In the summer, I keep the windows open a bit so I can catch the cool night and dawn air,…

Have a poet read your stars

As a gift to myself for my birthday, I booked a session with a poet friend of mine from back in the day who now has a PhD in Depth Psychology with a specialization in Somatic Studies. One of the services she offers is an astrological reading to support personal healing. Shortly before our session,…

end of December, end of 2020

Here we are. I didn’t write as much as I thought I would, given the pandemic and all, but I probably wrote a bit more than I would have without it! I sometimes wonder if I can even call myself a writer or a poet because I don’t really have a regular practice. Maybe that’s…

November is here

I would normally take some time to recap October, but I remembered too late that I meant to write earlier (if that makes sense). So I’ll just take a moment to say that the presidential election (as well as the election of many other positions) is this Tuesday. I’ve already voted. The state officials had…

Five months

It was five months ago today that CA Governor Newsom ordered the shelter-in-place order for the state due to the threat of the COVID-19. As of this writing, 8:41 pm, California has lost 11,686 of its people to the disease. And it has the highest number of confirmed cases in the U.S. at just over…