From the Shores of Introspect and Retrospect

Counting the days to the New Year, to new footsteps on new sand, new oceans of peace and the wide open possibilities of the future. Hap...

Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain; Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink And rise and si...

I was visiting my dear Cupcake Man and discovered that this friend had reached right down onto one of the soft quiet beaches shoring the...

Dear Daydream, They are hiring for a photographer and photo editor at a baby and mom business called Zulily - which I just love , based ...

~K.I.S.S.~ To say that I have a busy, chaotic life is a monumental understatement. For a long time I've lived under the misconception ...

Asleep, my love? What, dead, my dove? O Pyramus, arise! Speak, speak. Quite dumb? Dead, dead? A tomb Must cover thy sweet eyes. These lily l...

"Yes, I'd like the Reality entree with the special Common Sense Sauce, a side of Snark, lightly grilled, the Wild Side Salad but pl...

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel...

There were so many different grains of sand that fell this year. Each one very precious. Each one with significant purpose and meaning. I l...

Dear, Dear Diary, Let's do this today, because we need to do this today.  Let's come up with 5 Things What Are Good, as our Deares...

We've seen and done so much,  you and I, haven't we? Been through highs and lows together, Sailed & flown through days & m...

Dear, Dear Diary, You know I do some of my best thinking in the shower, where there is no distraction, only the sound and feel of hot wate...

Mid October a few years ago, I found myself feeling inspired and crafty and standing in the aisle at the supermarket, paging through a holid...

I stayed up until 5:30 this morning, engrossed in fiction that had my rapt attention, and then I forced myself to take a nap before I got up...

Scarlett: I'll have a chicken salad, please. Waitress: We don't have chicken salad. Scarlett: Fine.  I'll have a chicken bu...

Viaggiatore and I are ready for the road again.  Nevermind that we just got back from another trip to London; there is a very special trip c...