Table of Contents
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ~ 11
NATURE ~ 15
Autumn Observation ~ 17
Montana Gold ~ 18
Crawly Critter ~ 19
Today ~ 20
On Killing Caterpillars ~ 21
Capturing Colorado ~ 22
The Sights of the Sea ~ 23
Birds of Being ~ 24
Lunar Light ~ 25
The Aurora Borealis ~ 26
The Silence of Spring ~ 27
THE GOD WHO IS ~ 29
After Visiting an Alzheimer’s Unit ~ 31
Who Am I? ~ 32
When is Now ~ 33
They Have Their Reward ~ 34
An Either/Or World ~ 35
Hell ~ 36
Dancing Is Divine ~ 37
Name Changes ~ 38
Mishpocka ~ 40
GRIEF and LOSS ~ 41
Three ~ 43
When Loving Needs Comforting ~ 44
Stockpile of Sadness ~ 45
Zerrissenheit ~ 46
Parting with Pets ~ 47
By-products of Bereavement ~ 48
A Day Too Late ~ 49
Wonder-Working Hope ~ 50
REGRET/ FORGIVENESS ~ 51
Blame and Shame ~ 53
Evening Reverie ~ 54
Happiness ~ 55
Forgiving ~ 56
My Beloved’s Absolution ~ 57
This Christmas Day ~ 58
FAMILY ~ 59
Shamu ~ 61
Uno Alla Volta ~ 62
My Brother ~ 63
Child of the Isles ~ 64
My Madeleine ~ 65
Mother’s Day Morning ~ 66
LIFE LENS ~ 69
Creating a Cabin Retreat ~ 71
Long Time Online ~ 72
They Have Their Reward ~ 73
Goodbye at the Airport ~ 74
Rudeness on the road ~ 75
No More ‘Nice Day’? ~ 76
Bickering and Blaming ~ 77
Waiting Room Muse ~ 78
Répondez s’il Vous Plait ~ 79
Voices of Vietnam ~ 80
Together at Thirty-Three Thousand Feet ~ 81
Pillow Talk ~ 82
American the Beautiful ~ 83
Poured Out or Sealed Up? ~ 85
THE JOURNEY ~ 87
Desert Destination ~ 89
The Darting Dots ~ 90
Singers Without Voices ~ 91
Vain Voyager ~ 92
Carpe Diem ~ 93
Hiraeth ~ 94
Children’s Conclusions ~ 95
A Bit More Than Four ~ 96
Longer and Slower ~ 97
From Light to Light ~ 98
Love Second Time Around ~ 99
RENEWAL ~ 101
Maranatha ~ 103
Dunamis ~ 104
Pausing in the Passing Places ~ 105
Feet Watching ~ 106
Fig Tree Fulmination ~ 107
Acknowledgments ~ 109
About the Author ~ 111
