Last March, when I got the announcement that schools were closing in New York and we were switching to a remote learning model, I called my friend Heike, a fellow artist and educator who lives in Cologne, Germany. I remember feeling such a sense of...
I was answering emails as Baby prowled my desk, chirring softly from time-to-time. She was restless and unsure where to settle. I picked her up, but she was not inclined to stay, jumping down immediately. So, I returned to going through my inbox. Then I read...
Don’t know if your mom or dad ever called out, “No running in the house!” but mine sure did. Now I certainly understand it. Our kitten, Baby, wakes up some mornings in a hyper mood, dashing up the circular stairs to our loft office, running...
I saw Baby from across the room and suddenly I was transported. In a rush, I experienced her as gorgeous. It was an overwhelming burst of love, appreciation and awe in her beingness, her beauty. She wasn’t doing anything in particular. She just was. And...
Some moments flash by and are gone too quickly to capture as an image with my camera. When that happens, an internal snapshot often takes place and with any luck, it is crisp and clear. A moment like that happened recently and it remains emblazoned...
During our Corona summer, we spent much more time in our home and have created an organic approach to housework. Since our days are largely our own to structure, we do the laundry as needed rather than designate a day of the week to handle...
The assault started sometime after 3am. Baby wanted to play. She no longer permitted the lazy scratch behind the ears while she purred and she ceased being content to patrol the ridgeline of our bodies as we attempted to sleep on our sides. By 4am...
Our kitten Baby is very talented with her paws. She can bat a toy around the room or leap and snag a feather “bird” being flown on a string. But when it comes to using those paws with the two of us, she does so,...
Earlier today, as I was passing Shya on the way up to our office loft, he surprised me and stopped my forward momentum. Taking my face in both hands, he kissed me sweetly on the lips and said, “Nothing is more important than this moment.”...
In the past it was rare for us wake in the morning before first light. Sure, it happened when on a fishing adventure or when getting ready to travel in order to catch a flight. But now it is a daily thing. Rare is it...