by Louie Ferrera | Feb 5, 2022 | Meditations, Nature
The beach is a place where a man can feel he’s the only soul in the world that’s real. Pete Townsend Driftwood…bleached bones. Tibia, fibia, a random scattering offered up by the sea, come to rest here. Finger bones, toe bones, skeletal remains of once living things....
by Louie Ferrera | Feb 1, 2022 | Friends & Family, Nature
One of the benefits of retirement, besides the obvious one of not having to go to work every day and deal with the trials and tribulations of a regular job, has been getting to spend more time with my wife Carol. Over the past year Carol and I have made it a point to...
by Louie Ferrera | Jan 14, 2022 | Nature
The beach at Salmon Creek on the Sonoma County coast is one of the most spectacular and awe inspiring stretches of sand that I’ve ever set foot upon. My wife and I love this place. We recently spent an afternoon there, it was one of those warm and golden...
by Louie Ferrera | Jan 9, 2022 | Friends & Family, Love
In an upstairs widow in our home hangs a crystal. This crystal is a multi-faceted orb about half the size of a ping pong ball, shaped like a fat raindrop and coming to a slight point at the bottom. A thin filament runs through the top of this crystal. There are...
by Louie Ferrera | Dec 15, 2021 | Music
Out of all the holidays, major or minor, Christmas has by far the most songs associated with it. Thanksgiving? Well, there’s Over The River And Through The Woods and… Hanukah? There are two that I know of. Great songs, but still only two. Halloween? There are quite a...
Yup I see the nest! We used to see thrushes in our backyard in late fall/early winter but haven’t seen…
Thanks for weighing in on the Ter, it's great "hearing" your voice!
And… exhale! What a story, what a relief.
Very glad you found it Louie! Both of us will have to get our own rings resized for the opposite…
Nice ending! I can't imagine the dread you were feeling! I did the rain forest walk in 1974. I was…