Memoir
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A Decade of Octobers
Whether biking or hiking, I traversed thousands of miles in farmland — miles that taught me more than I could have ever imagined about nature, beauty and art. Continue reading
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The Story of GB
I have the taste buds of a 6-year old, so I LOVE Gummy Bears. But what’s their story? Thirteen years ago, I asked a First-Grade glass. Continue reading
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A 20th-Century Thoreau
A bard of the environment, Annie Dillard was a visionary whose “shimmering prose offered glimpses of the eternal.” Continue reading
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9/11 — 25 Years Later, Part I
“Astonishing” was how the Washington Post first reported the terrorist attack — an adjective still seared into my memory 25 years later. [Part 1 of three parts.] Continue reading
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My Mother’s Gardens
My mother would have been 98 years old today. Her gardens would come to inspire my own. Continue reading
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Places Matter
Understanding one specific location deeply allows us to understand all places better. Continue reading
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My First Glimpse of Beauty
In my exploration of how I came to discover beauty, I landed on ONE undeniable truth. Continue reading
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First-Grade Beauty
What were — if any — the artistic consequences of surgery to straighten my crooked eye when I was in First Grade? Continue reading
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Kindergarten Beauty
Art isn’t about drawing. It’s about learning to see. But what kind of art do you create as a child when you can’t see straight? Continue reading
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So much beauty. So little time.
Keats wrote that a thing of beauty is a joy forever. But when does someone begin to recognize a thing as “beauty”? Continue reading
