No matter what else is going on, no matter my frame of mind or the stresses and anxieties, Round Pond is a refreshment. It never fails to p...

I abandoned the blogship. I shall attempt to right the vessel and get back on board, ready and waiting with seafaring puns for all my many ...

It has been awhile since I've climbed up on the soap box and waxed "poetic" on an issue that grinds my gears, makes me sa...

Neither Here Nor There W.S. Merwin An airport is nowhere which is not something generally noticed yet some unnamed person in the past...

Hope and Love Jane Hirschfield All winter the blue heron slept among the horses. I do not know the custom of herons, do not kn...

I met the most wonderful little girl a few weeks ago. Her name is Flavia de Luce and she is the precocious eleven-year old star of the se...

After our final night of happy sleep in the cloud forest, we shipped off on another dirt road journey to Islita, a tiny town on...

The fun didn't stop at Selvatura Adventure Park. We returned to Belmar for lunch and a nap (ahh vacations) before trying our hands at a...

I'm currently deep in the throes of a lovely stomach flu and desperately trying to flashback to happier, less nauseous times duri...

January 31 David Lehman The sky is crumbling into millions of paper dots the wind blows in my face so I duck into my favorite barbers...