Ocean

I’m at the shop, watching wet snow fall on passing cars. Of course, we all knew it would be like this, but still, it warms me not at all to ...

And in one fell swoosh, the ice broke into jagged slates and sank into the lake’s depth. That’s what I thought would happen. And each morn...

It’s late. I should never write when it’s late. A night post is always one I rush to reread in the morning because I know it will have bee...

The switch to spring, no matter how temporary, leaves me discombobulated. A student tells me that the spring semester has been harder becaus...

Every once in a while, I want to write a post that merely says – ah, life! Because it is just so unpredictable and haphazard. You think yo...

At what point do you get tired of recognizing all the obstacles, the impediments, the forces working against you? When do you stop wanting t...

Loneliness is not always pushed aside by the presence of others. You can be a kid at home with your sulky, troubled parents and feel excru...

I’m the kind of friend who, when asked to go out for a glass of wine these days... ...orders coffee. It has come to this. Sandwiched b...

At the end of the day, the door opens and we enter the world of sushi. An easy tonic, packed into a small tray which we carry up to the ...

In a fair recount of the day, you could say that Ed and I squabbled over a definition: of what constitutes “an occasional traveling companio...

Well, you can write loving tributes to outdoor café life in places that can afford it this early in the year, but today I’ll stay with a nod...

We’re watching the Oscars. As usual, I sleep for a whole chunk in the middle, only to wake up for the major awards. Most people actually sle...

You hate it when your daughter says “ oh-oh .” And you kick yourself for being relieved that it’s only a matter of a lost phone. Especially ...