GOOD CRY

My mouth fell open the first time someone asked if my newborn was a "good baby." How do I answer that? Of course he was good, but people really weren't asking about goodness. On any scale of goodness, all babies are good. What they really wanted to know was whether my baby cried or slept. …

COLOR

I think about color. I think about color often. Sunrise here. Sunset there. The shift and play of colors... I am sitting up in bed as I write, and before me is an abstract expressionist painting by a friend of my aunt Marcie (Marcia Smith Aron). Marked 1959 and "Floral Growth" on the back, it …

LOSS

Blue skies and pouring rain have alternated all day today so we did not get our walk. We were too busy yesterday and needed a break that not involve wind-driven rain. It was meant to be a peaceful day. Driving rain and sunshine pouring past my window at the same time. And then... the news. …

ASCOB

Hardly anyone will recognize the letters I used to title my thoughts today. "Any Solid Color Other than Black" is a class in AKC shows for American Cocker Spaniels (ASCOB is pronounced ass' cob). For the record, I have never owned or shown American Cocker Spaniels of any color, though I do have a scar …

EXERCISE

I got in a couple of running miles this morning. We have pretty much nailed down our weekly routine but I still have to think when I first wake: Where am I? We found nineteen pieces of sea glass yesterday, seventeen the day before. This photo isn't from yesterday, big pieces but representative of the …