Ocean

I grin broadly and cozy up to Ed as we walk to dinner. 24/7! I tease him. You and I, in each other’s space! So cool! I’m wit...

Airplane travel is like moving on a game board where someone else is rolling the dice. You’re just the pawn – you can put yourself ...

A day of packing, keeping it light, very light, no tents, no inflatable canoes this year. Just the two of us, with now years of traveli...

I’m so used to taking friends to Poland. Show this, explain that. I don’t think I have ever shown Madison to anyone. You mi...

Isis spent the day avoiding us. Ed says he’s harboring a grudge, I say he is in a dazed stupor, fighting off evil bacteria and hi...

In the late afternoon, Ed comes in with a troubled look on his face. That’s rare. Ed doesn’t trouble easily. It’s Isis, he tells ...

It’s a bouncy fa la la la la, la la la la kind of a day with maybe a hint of the Polovtsian Dances and a splash of (maybe Dali’s?) ...

I’m so frustrated! Ed, listen to my ten points of frustration! It's early in the evening and by coincidence, we're pull...

With all this unallocated time, you’d think I’d be out, running, biking, boating, flying. Exuberantly. Well now, consider t...

A longtime reader of Ocean , one whom I never met but consider, through our Internet communications, to be a dear friend, asked for...

Unless something untoward happens, I’ll be done grading by tomorrow. By noon, I say, by noon! I’m giddy at the prospect. I work...