.OPTIONS for a Better World

Part 1: Reflection  Do you think this statement is true? I do. For various reasons I've been thinking about my life past and fut...

1. Here it is: my house in the ever snowing winter of all winters in Massachusetts. For three weeks we have had one storm after another...

Not that I don't have reason to worry.  It's a fierce winter and pipes can freeze, roofs can leak, power can fail.  And...

Hello, it's been a while. It's a new year. I hope you are well xo. I've been busy settling into the person I've b...

My days are different. I still notice when it's 4:00 and I still have waves of emotion when I think about my Mother, but there is r...

from ryan Her black fabric pocketbook. With two handles and three compartments. I made sure there was always a few dollar bills a...

We said goodbye this week. I'll let these photos speak for themselves. I'll only add that my Mom died comfortably and in peace....

The last few days have been unreal. My Mother is dying. We have been given a private room at the Nursing Home and I have slept on a roll...

I took this photo about two weeks ago. This is my Mom. We didn't know then that her liver was failing; that today she would speak fo...

Part-time.  The word has meaning for me. First off, I'm consulting again doing what I last did 10 years ago. From home, on my...

Violent riots in a southern American town. There are reasons, not that I think destroying a downtown is the right thing to do.  But wha...

I love the Christmas holidays to the point of absurdity. I am ready to go already, thinking about presents I will make and give; planning w...

The nursing home was nervous today. Three women each asked me how to get home. They were concerned about being late, about missing their...

I have to write about my Blog. I know that the longer my posts, the less likely they will be read. I understand that fully because ...

Whoa! I wrote this several years ago when I didn't know  that  time and distance would give me a broader and more nuanced persp...

I took the first photo, a house just up the street from ours in Provincetown. But the rest: ah--sit back, relax, please enjoy this most ...