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Blue and balmy, and the hoarse call of a raven in the distance. The raggedy leaves of a banana tree are swaying in a neighbor’s yard, but mine is dark and dank, a tangle of bare twigs and branches where … Continue reading
It is disheartening to read the paper these days, what with war spreading across North Africa, bodies piling up in Syria, Egypt in a state of emergency with dire predictions of state collapse, and US drones hovering like venomous mosquitoes … Continue reading
Sunny and blue overhead, but clouds gathering in the west, a storm moving in. Yesterday the sky was like a blue bowl. I saw a jet move across it high above, two lengthening white streamers in its wake and a … Continue reading
A blue morning, wispy clouds streaked across the sky, trees barely moving in this perpetually windy city. A humming bird with an iridescent green back perches precariously on the tall bare branches of the Mexican dahlias, its throat flashing scarlet … Continue reading
Warmer and hazier today. It’s nice not to be shivering, but I loved the brilliant, clear light of the cold days, the bay a deep blue-green, Mt. Diablo and the East Bay hills standing out sharply beyond. The cats followed … Continue reading
A bright, windy, chill-to-the-bone sort of day, the East Bay hills a crisp blue outline on the horizon, Mt. Diablo looming in the background. This morning as I drove west, the ocean was a lovely blue-green dotted with whitecaps, but … Continue reading
A long lapse from blogging. I just didn’t have it in me these last weeks, but the clouds seem to be lifting a bit the last few days. Depression drains color and liveliness from the world. For some, it is … Continue reading