Welcome to my website, where you can learn about my writing, photography, and coaching. If I were asked to sum up all my work in one sentence, I’d say: I hope to show my readers and viewers how much beauty the world holds for them, and to help the writers I work with create a nourishing, intimate relationship with their writing.
An Expansion of Small
The past months have been a challenge, and the coming months will continue to be difficult. Three weeks ago I had a mastectomy, and in January I will begin chemotherapy. Every few days–sometimes even hours–I feel as if a tsunami has swallowed me up. But …
One Afternoon
It had been a delightful afternoon, spent at a local park with our 20-month-old twin grandsons, their seven-year-old brother and their parents. We corralled the little ones into the tot lot, which along with its double slide and swings, features a wooden locomotive with a …
Seeing Small
Last Saturday, with friends staring at the Pacific from the trestle at Pudding Creek, near Fort Bragg, Stephen remarked that the waves were particularly large. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen waves like that,” he said. “They’re spectacular!” And they were, each long swath of …
Bad News and a Murmuration of Prayers
I’d recently gotten some bad news, and although I fought to avoid it, my mind kept returning there. No matter how many times or how firmly I reminded myself to notice what I was passing as Frank and I walked around the block, like a …
Just Say Hello
Visitors from other countries or out-of-towners often remark that Californians, despite their casual manner, are not all that friendly. And they offer as proof the absence of greetings or smiles when they pass people on the sidewalk. I can’t remember just when I decided to …