Spending All Souls Day with the Souls of Duffy’s Cut
Too Busy Living to Think About Dying, but maybe we should
I recently got reconnected to my midwife who delivered my children here at our home the base of Hawk Mountain. (Twenty years later, yet another Facebook success reuniting story). She was on her way to the North Lookout to watch soaring migrating birds and heal from a particularly sorrowful funeral … Continue Reading Too Busy Living to Think About Dying, but maybe we should
Fishing Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
The big oil freighter sails down the swollen Mississippi River at 20 knots, fast and wild as if it were a toy in the bath tub. “She’s from Greece,” my fishing guide, Ryan Lambert informs me, as we stare at the ten- foot high wake receding behind it. It separates the … Continue Reading Fishing Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Rio de Janeiro From Above
Fun in the Favelas- Rio’s pacified slum
Beach Culture & Boob Jobs in Rio de Janeiro
The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia
Night Paddle- Take a Moonlit Paddle to Cure Nature Deficit Disorder
An Easy Way to a Happy Heart
The air smelled like vanilla, as I was rode my bike on the Hamburg bike trail this evening. I suddenly thought of Ponderosa pines and the smell of the High Sierra forest and all my happy miles hiking out west came flooding back. I knew there were no Ponderosa pines … Continue Reading An Easy Way to a Happy Heart
French Toast All Around
Touring Andrew Wyeth’s Studio
MY VIEW FROM HERE
(a rough excerpt from my upcoming book, An Uncommon Education) THE MODELING STAND All the years I was in art school, I did not shave my legs, maybe as a mark of rebellion, probably as an expression of freedom. Art students were expected to do weird things but I was frankly … Continue Reading MY VIEW FROM HERE
A Night With Barry Manilow (amongst others)
Even though the tickets were free, Todd didn’t want to go to the Barry Manilow concert. Wasn’t his favorite genre of music. Not that Barry Manilow is mine but I believe in embracing opportunities and seeing what the gift is. I did want to take someone who would appreciate his … Continue Reading A Night With Barry Manilow (amongst others)
Cindy Ross 