Plants, in general
The frisbee veers into the brush. Lua and I walk over. As we crouch over the planter box I look down and notice green protruding jaws cup two tablespoons of water. As I inch closer, I notice white spots, patterns …
fatherhood
Sublime moments
Today I reviewed my year. I stared at the sheet of paper - a ledger weighing the good and the bad. As I stared at the page, a question: how many sublime moments did I have? So I added a …
Seeing without judgment
I engage with the present moment - in this case, staring at my daughters face. And there’s no background noise - remarkable. I’m calm, just…being. It’s peace. Not by addition, rather by subtraction! The removal of cruff leaves the desired …
Goodbye, Grandma
On the way to seeing her I jotted down the memories, talking point bullets in my notebook: the warm feeling from sitting on the carpet as a kid, the smell of spaghetti and meatballs permeating the air on a random …