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Happy (New Year)
It seems a sin to say that last year was good as we move toward fireworks and cheering– many want me to agree it was dreary, that what happened is to be forgotten but I don’t and I won’t so … Continue reading
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What I Want
A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – I said to the wanting creature inside me, what is this river you want to cross? On the other side of the water, the eagles stand, close enough to see … Continue reading
My Early 4th of July (Patriotic) Wish
A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – There’s a part of me that thinks that if I believe something hard enough, I can make it happen. Believing in fairies as a child–as well as in Santa and … Continue reading
Fired
A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – To be a success at anything in life seems to mean to be of service to others. This doesn’t mean the service is always acknowledged. That’s not the point. Sometimes … Continue reading
The Tangled Line
A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – I have a friend in the house. I didn’t realize it at first. Such a tiny thing he was. Not a reality exactly. On the periphery of my awareness. I … Continue reading
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Forty-five Fifteen
A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – At the start of the pandemic, it was grey out, cold and raining. My shelter in place when things closed down in March of 2020 became an oceanside town in … Continue reading
A Lesson from Bob (a sequel)
A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – Bob is the alpha cat in my Seaside neighborhood. He challenges racoons and other cats who like to use my yard as a sandbox. There is less room now to … Continue reading
Sharks Under the Floorboards
A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – March 16 2020 At Newport Aquarium, Oregon Two dogs knocked me down by the side of the road and started eating my back. “Surely someone will stop to rescue me,” I … Continue reading
Tennis Shoe Politics
A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – I don’t believe in sides. I really don’t. I am someone who is always looking for a third way of looking at things. Politically I am a moderate. Yet this … Continue reading