Category: Florida

  •   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…

  •     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.        

  •     Morning moon, the day after Halloween. A wobbly almost full moon in the trees.   Has the owl gone to sleep?      

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

  •     After the storm, sunny blue skies and clear moonlit nights.   Still lots of wind and the temps are chillier, but the clouds are gone for now.       The day after Sandy, St. Augustine, Florida.

  •     Do you ever feel lost or scattered? Is there really comfort in groundlessness, as some buddhist teachers suggest?   In groundlessness, there is nothing to hold onto, no anchors…   Is that the true story? That everything we hold onto or use to anchor ourselves is an illusion…about to change or already changing?…

  •     It's a feast for some of us- as good as it gets!   Me, I'd be scared to death!       Kite surfers, St. Augustine Beach, a few storms back!   Half of the answer to the riddle: What is the difference between a seamstress and an illusion? An illusion seems so,…