Saudades

Letters mingle souls. –John Donne This morning I pulled out a small box of treasures from a shelf in my closet. Cherished remembrances of friends, events, family, loves and experiences are packed tight and bound with ribbon.  Old letters, cards, photographs, journals, postcards and stamps from far away places, poems and notes scribbled on random… Read More

Clair de Lune

The true joy of a moonlit night is something we no longer understand. Only the men of old, when there were no lights, could understand the true joy of a moonlit night. ― Yasunari Kawabata It’s 3:00 a.m.  A teething baby in need of soothing has kept me awake.  It’s now silent, finally, in my home… Read More