Ancestress
I am an old woman sitting on the beach pink scarf holding back windblown hair a mother makes […]
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The Jimi Hendrix of Maui
We didn’t think a single thing could top our day. Paddling out in Ma’alaea Bay in inflatable kayaks, we saw humpback whales on the horizon. This time of year, the
A Warm Christmas
Christmas on the Coast from monica devine on Vimeo. Persimmons, birds-of-paradise green and blue, lovely Pacific breezes. Christmas in a warm place, where flowers are in bloom, and the air
Winter in Alaska
Winter in Alaska from monica devine on Vimeo.In a few days, we’ll be on our way to California for Christmas with our grown children; away from the snow and cold,
The Purpose of Fun is to Have It
Someone once said the opposite of play is not work: it’s depression. Play: a creative way to become un-balled up (my definition). To become un-self-conscious. Un-clutched. Un-moored & “in” the
The Middle West
A flyover state, Ioway Bahkho-je tribe distant fields of stubbled corn, bull thistle, white tailed deer. “We’re friendly”, insular with tranquil town squares, and backroad diners that say, eat cheap,
Book Spine Poetry
Reporter: Why don’t you write the way you talk? Gertrude Stein: Why don’t you read the way I write? What follows are poems I did not write. They are poems
REPOSE
the great wait-er you wait for the kids to get home from school so you can ask about their day, satisfied they’re happy as they were when they left you
Cabin Notes: Election Year, Nov. 2012
A Dispatch from Alaska 1. Drive three hours on steep, snowy, narrow mountain roads. 2. Arrive. Assess the river: old