Slice of Life

The map says Fred Astaire's house: there. I lower my window, feel the warm arid breeze. Carole flinches.
Down here, at street level, a low chain-link fence shoulders masses of vine. Perhaps it's [+]

I remember her quick-footed return home after shopping; the bags put down on the kitchen counter and an admonishing word if my brother and I too quickly tried to peek into the bags. An always loving [+]

The boy was walking near his home on a spring day when his attention was called to a strong image arising from his subconscious mind to which he felt strangely drawn. Neil looked up, wondering what [+]

On a clouded
Night,
I'm unable to be
Dazzled
By those unreachable
Lights.
I become
Lost,
A vagrant.
Where's my
Polaris
When I need him?
How do I
Go about my
Life [+]

Dirt-covered soles, barely any traction
Nobody acknowledges their shoes, but your shoes are so important Your shoes take you everywhere
They feel what you feel
See what you see
They [+]

The sun is so warm
The clouds welcome the light in
A hug for your skin

It began as a whisper. Utterances here and there about something brewing but I didn't pay it much mind. Then it reached the Pacific Northwest—closer to home but still far enough away that I felt [+]

Who could imagine what might happen if your larger world were taken away, and you were left in a small, everyday space for a while. Lonely? Boring? Maybe not.
Years ago, I started a nature [+]

Piping Plovers are very cute. They got their name by their "peep-lo!" call. Piping Plovers will sometimes extend one foot into wet sand and vibrate it to get food. Piping Plovers are endangered. Thei [+]

Standing at the bottom of the Grand Canyon looking upward, you feel simultaneously that you are nothing, just a tiny speck in the universe, and yet part of absolutely everything. Surrounded by these [+]

If you visit Miami, Florida, and gaze across Biscayne Bay, you can see the 76-foot tall flyover ramp named Rickenbacker Causeway that connects Miami to the island of Virginia Key. There are no [+]

Little bumblebee
takes landing on a daisy.
Nectar stolen,
feeling hazy
Little bumblebee,
carried by wind's tide,
dusted with pollen.
Lifes ride
Little bumblebee [+]