Qué Linda!

Every year my younger sister Linda and I are the same age for three weeks, reminding us of the earliest...

Weekly Pilgrimage

          I drive up Highway Nine, coming closer curve by curve to the sacred spring, the...

Virgin Moment

Before the full flower, this beginning of blossom again makes me gasp. From each fat green bud, multiple fuschia burstings...

Origin of Mothers Day

Today I honor the beautiful Marie Himley Sartori, my mother, and give a special tribute to Julia Ward Howe, who in...