Nirvana
Hot dogs, burgers, fries, cotton candy, pop corn, and ice cream. Summer food at Savin Rock, the amusement park. After eating, always sticky hands and smeared faces , and, sometimes, a stomach ache. The best of all these treats was found in only one place at the far end .
soft shell crab
wind and waves and salty air
all in the taste
Presence
HAPPY HOUR
Apples sauteed in butter with brown sugar and cinnamon. Sunday morning breakfast to be eaten on the deck. After a week of rain, followed by a five-day heat wave, a perfect Sunday arrives and shouts that something special is in order. Add orange juice, toast with strawberry jam and lots of hazelnut coffee
The sun’s rays are filtered through the Japanese maple. No need to open an umbrella. Birds in trees are vocal, but unseen. The stream, also unseen, gurgles softly. I leave my cell phone inside. Phone calls can wait. Emails and text messages can wait. This hour is mine.
so easy to ignore
the pleasures of each day
to push past small joys
I slow down my breathing
and open up to wonder
Drifting Sands, spring 2026
Nirvana Hot dogs, burgers, fries, cotton candy, pop corn, and ice cream. Summer food at Savin Rock, the amusement park. After eating, al...
