Category Archives: essays, poems, musings

Bittersweet, Marsh-elder, Wood sage, Sedge. Honeysuckle, Black cherry, Winterberry. Spartina, Samphire, Sensitive Fern. Trembling aspen, Sea purslane, Seaside plantain. Wild radish, Sea rocket, Sundew, Rush. Dusty miller, Sassafras, Yellow-eyed grass.

The light has grown dim, making it difficult to read, and I’m developing a hunchback from leaning over the dictionary for the last two hours. But none of it matters—nothing matters!—for I am in love. In love, completely, with French. … Continue reading →

Tonight while I was making a salad with balsamic vinaigrette, I remembered a date I went on almost 20 years ago and it made me laugh. But, it wasn’t the memory of a really fun date during which I busted … Continue reading →

The day before the “hurricane” came to our little yellow house on the cove in Maine was cloudy and warm with a soft breeze. The late afternoon, when the fog appeared suddenly over the water, moved spookily toward the house … Continue reading →