Microscopic Word

Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go.

For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth.

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”

Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

The first time my friend Mara* kissed her now boyfriend, she fainted and saw the hand of the Buddha. What did it all mean, she wondered

Last night was the super moon, and it really was spectacular, all low slung, bright and big. I adore Billy Collins, and as luck would have it, the moon shows up in several of his poems.

For my money, you won’t find a better book on writing than Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.

Send your camel to bed. As it turns out I’d always misheard this line as “sing your camel to bed,” which sounds so much more interesting, don’t you think? I can’t believe this song was recorded in 1973 and that I remember it so vividly. I’m officially older than old.

I don’t have many rules about my collage process, but one that I stick to pretty hard and fast is that I don’t use words. But I found this image, and it was just too damn perfect.

Love recognizes no barriers.

It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

― Maya Angelou

If yesterday was all about Miami, my birthplace, today I’m feeling wistful for my second home, Massachusetts.