Category: Encouragement

  •     Sunset off the deck after mostly cloudy days. It lasts only a few moments, but fills the heart to overflowing.      

  • A lot of people will be traveling over the coming weeks, going home. Where is home?  Is it where you spent your childhood? Or where you choose to live? Is home a moveable feast? Do we carry it within us? Is it a place we cherish or a person we love? Is it all of…

  •     When the fish are running in seaside towns, the word spreads quickly.   Some years ago, a close encounter with Hurricane Floyd, stirred up the surf and the fish and our restless spirits on Cape Cod.   Here's hoping that all of our friends in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, are safe and…

  • Spread your wings in the sun, a good way to become buoyant again!      

  •   IT IS A LIE   It is a lie – any talk of God that does not comfort you.         Poem by Meister Eckhart, 13th century mystic, translated by Daniel Ladinsky. From the Penguin publication, Love Poems From God, Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West. Copyright © 2002 Daniel Ladinsky…

  •   Nothing is as it seems, or is it? Is it even more so what it seems, than what it is?   See the film, Cloud Atlas, for a mind boggling cinematic experience!   What's it about? I have no idea, but I loved it and want to see it again!     Reflections at…

  •     A piano player who could turn every song you never knew you knew into a tango, to go with perfect dinners, delicious service, and good company.   The season of gratitude begins.       A balmy November evening at the Casa Maya, St. Augustine, Florida.  

  •   Shhhhhhhhhh…      

  •     Beach renourishment is complete. Welcome back to Anastasia Island State Park!   A silvery morning gives way to a beautiful clear day.        

  •     The ocean righted itself and the surfers came out to play!           Two days after the storm, St. Augustine Beach, Florida.