This haiku is for every extraordinary woman who sometimes needs affirmation.

Even the most mundane things can be magic when you love to travel, like wet streets and traffic a chilly, rainy evening in Aberdeen.

A footprint, a feather and a leaf, about to be swept away. Remembering my brother in a haiku.

Hummingbirds work hard. They do what needs to be done.

A not-Cajun sandwich on a flight from Paris to London.

treehouse afternoonsendless summer daydreaming ~limitless future

A person could love Weetabix in that way you love the familiar, the comforting, the stuff of childhood, the stuff your mother made you eat until you forgot your first reaction to it and it became a welcome part of your everyday life and then later, the fabric of childhood memories and the feeling that all that is right with the world.

Extraordinary architecture and skies in the La Defense section of Paris.

Haiku inspired by a coming storm in the Colorado Rockies.

A video and photos of an unexpected Memorial Day weekend snowstorm in central Colorado, and a haiku to capture the feeling.

Something in this Food & Wine magazine will be on our table this weekend during our quiet time in the mountains of Colorado.

I wrote the haiku below a couple of years ago, after visiting Notre Dame on a business trip just a few weeks after my Dad died. Like so many people all around the world, I’m heartbroken about today’s fire that so badly damaged this beloved […]

The orange tree reminds us that spring is here, even though it is cold and wet.

A deepening interest in photography and following certain blogs has me seeing things differently these days.

House-made pasta makes for a wonderful meal at this authentic Italian restaurant in Pasadena.

Edinburgh colors “pop” when the skies turn blue and the sun comes out, thus a haiku.

Looking out the hotel window at Edinburgh Castle, it was one of those magical moments when the light is just right, and you get a photo you didn’t expect.

Street art makes the modern area of Paris more interesting.

twilight on the piersanta monica sunset the benediction Overrun with tourists and souvenir-hawking vendors, the Santa Monica Pier remains a worthy destination. The sunset guarantees it. Trust me on this. Note: because February is National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo) and I’m a habitual haiku-er (is that […]

Being sleepless brings a haiku to mind, and an Irving Berlin song.