by beachraven | Apr 21, 2022
Veteran’s Park, Monterey, California Earth day fifty-two. It seems odd that we only have one day a year dedicated to celebrating our mutual mother earth, and it’s barely acknowledged. Shouldn’t it be a holiday honored like Thanksgiving or New...
by beachraven | Apr 15, 2022
Mount Pleasant, Rising Park, Lancaster, Ohio As soon as I stepped into the house, I recognized it. It had been some time, but the faces and voices were familiar, the patter slow and relaxed. The thin, frail man struggled to take his seat at the table. His wife...
by beachraven | Apr 1, 2022
Monterey Bay, Monterey, California One night several years ago, I couldn’t sleep, and even the calming things I do to relax and clear my mind wouldn’t help. It was about 3 am. I got up to meditate, started with some yoga, and then sat on my old three-legged...
by beachraven | Mar 18, 2022
Point Lobos, California State Reserve It was wild to realize that crazy storm was inside my head. Contrast provided perspective. I walked out of the house into the shade of an oak tree canopy on a hot summer day. Birds chirped, and a slight breeze whispered...
by beachraven | Mar 11, 2022
Monterey Bay, Monterey California It seemed so large at the time. As my sister Joan and I played on a swing set in the backyard of a neighbor’s house, a klatch of moms sat in the kitchen sipping coffee. I would try to swing myself, pushing my legs out and...
by beachraven | Mar 4, 2022
Sunset, Monterey Bay, Monterey California I’m finding it difficult to write because everything I put down seems trivial. I awoke a few mornings ago to a rush of feelings, like a raging river filled with a profound weariness mixed with self-righteous...
