The Season of Sweetness

The Season of Sweetness

What I love most about this time of year is my persimmon tree. Did you know that the stunningly orange fruits ripen on the tree once the leaves have fallen off? As a child in Italy, this meant nothing to me–but I found myself drawing these trees and their fruit...
Walking the Edge

Walking the Edge

There is a way in which I get repetitive and rote in my approach to living. And then some place in me gets louder and louder with discontent. It feels tired and bored. This place feels dulled by the minutia. Resents doing over and over the little actions that make up...
The Tree

The Tree

It seems like yesterday that I bought the home that I live in and planted a row of Cutleaf Sumacs on the parking strip. I planted several other trees as well, which are now taller than the roof line by many feet. When I bought this home there was only one solitary...

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