Last weekend I sat on the floor of my beautiful rental home sifting through old paperwork I needed to file or trash. Next to me, there on the floor, sat a colorful pile of cards 6-8" high. Most from my sweet former partner. I'd placed them there weeks earlier trying to decide what to do with them...

Someone I know on Lopez Island, the place I am now calling home, uttered the words in the title of this blog post to me a few years ago. "An island is a powerful entity," she said. We were both standing staring out over a wide open hay field backed by hundreds of acres of farmland, grass, and the...

A seagull stands atop a roof crest Two seagulls, actually. The second, a few inches down pitch. They catch my attention while driving to the ferry.   Tugging, Beak clamped tight The gull up top Grips the wing of the other, who is outstretched, down a few steps ready to take...