April 29, 2024   Greetings from where we’re headed,   I love stones.  I love their shape and texture, the beauty in each, their history and strength. I love that they are everywhere we are.  I know their potential can be mixed depending on how we take them into our lives.  They can build bridges and they can build walls.  They can make weapons or headstones or fireplaces and wells.  It only matters what we choose.    Which leads me to an actress.   Isabella Rossellini is an a

September 8, 2025   Greetings from the surprise,   There are some adventures that come like Matryoshka dolls, with one nested inside another, little wonders that imagination doesn’t prepare you for.   For ten days, my friends and I tramped through the mountains, following a trail around Mont Blanc, the highest and most dramatic peak in the Alps.  It was a complex adventure, filled with exhilaration, variety, friendship and beauty.  None of this was meted out evenly, it came a

Our toaster is gone.