Monthly Archives: June 2012

Arise, My Love!

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

(Note to self: Keep camera by bedside ready to go. Get up earlier, and get out of bed. Northampton may not be the desert, but surely it can muster up a sunrise! Go outside and look at the new day before … Continue reading →

Posted in Desert, Etcetera, Nature, Poetry | Tagged , , , , | 35 Comments

Public Service Post: Cool It!

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

Here’s a public service post for everybody on the East Coast of the US, who began their sweltering-in-earnest today and will live in heat and humidity through at least Friday — The temperature in Haydenville, just down the road, reached … Continue reading →

Posted in Etcetera, Memory, Nature, Photography, winter | Tagged , , , , | 44 Comments

Color Me Blue — No More

Posted on June 16, 2012 by

It’s been one of those days. I’ve been dragging my feet, er, fingers. What’s the point of my blogging? All these wonderful creative clever gorgeous and innovative blogs, and here I am, just going along down the same old streets, … Continue reading →

Posted in About this blog, Challenge, Doubt, Failure | Tagged , , | 58 Comments

And the World Comes With It

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

(Recent post Sailing on a Ship of Thought prompted other viewers to set out on their own voyages. Be sure to click on the link and board Mercy’s ship with her for a journey to Calcutta when it was still Calcutta; … Continue reading →

Posted in Etcetera, Personal Essay | Tagged , , , , | 17 Comments

Sailing on a Ship of Thought

Posted on June 7, 2012 by

We’re all familiar with the phrase, a “train of thought.” To follow our thoughts wherever they lead, without worrying about consistency or logic. That’s what I found myself doing this morning when I was brushing my teeth, but — considering … Continue reading →

Posted in Etcetera, Letters, Life and Death, Mindfulness, Personal Essay | Tagged , , , | 30 Comments

On Being Innumerate

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

I am innumerate. And what is that? most everyone will ask (except, perhaps, a few other sufferers.) It really is a word found in dictionaries, and it means (in the simplest definition):  ”marked by an ignorance of mathematics and the scientific … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Etcetera, Poetry, Writers | Tagged , , , | 24 Comments