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The recent shift of light, time and temperature is carrying me forward into Spring’s much awaited display of unfolding blossoms. The tip of the heads of daffodils have broken the surface in my backyard and begins the visual serenade I so look for each springtime season. The potential of creative growth is expressed in each [...]
Sleeping near the water has always had an effect on my dreams, at times leading to vividly unsettled awakenings. In the movies, when the protagonists are suddenly awakened from a disturbing dream, they sit straight up in the bed, with a startled stare in their eyes and sweat on their forehead, as they gasp for [...]
For the briefest of moments I forget that my life is more than basking in the sunny atmosphere of bright smiles, warm embraces and loving kisses from friends and the locals here in Salvador. The morning walks with buddies, the afternoon passage on the beach and evening dinners in outdoor restaurants are among the swirl [...]
Pre-tied glossy ribbons, shiny ornaments and gleaming wrapping paper hung above the reams of tinsel and pin lights for mantles and trees, next to adorned plastic wreaths, scented candles and rotating tabletop trees with fiber optic lights that blinked at me, as I searched the shop aisles for something that would trigger the elusive Christmas [...]