by Louie Ferrera | Sep 15, 2021 | Meditations, Nature
I was awakened at 1:20 this morning by the hypnotic notes of wind chimes; one deep and sonorous, the other high pitched and tinkly. The wind had picked up, something was happening. The rain began slowly at first, barely a whisper as the drops fell through our pear...
by Louie Ferrera | Sep 9, 2021 | Friends & Family, Meditations
The first thing that strikes me as soon as I settle into my seat in Section 315 at Oracle Park is just how far I can see. The Easy Bay hills and its’ million dollar homes are clearly visible, miles away across San Francisco Bay. When conditions are just right the...
by Louie Ferrera | Aug 18, 2021 | Friends & Family, Meditations
“Who knows where the time goes?” I awoke at dawn today with that bittersweet Judy Collins song swimming through my head. I pad down the hallway towards the kitchen to make my coffee, pausing at our daughter’s room to let her meowing foster kitten out. I get the coffee...
by Louie Ferrera | Aug 11, 2021 | Meditations, Nature
I’m not going to write about Covid-19 or the delta variant or imbecile anti-vaxers. I will not write about California wildfires or European floods or the myriad other natural disasters fueled by climate change. There’s no way I plan to write about the world situation...
by Louie Ferrera | May 3, 2021 | Meditations
Every so often, a line will come to me in a dream and be on my mind when I awaken. I keep a pen and paper by my side of the bed so I can write these lines down before they melt away along with the dream. Sometimes one of these little gifts from my subconscious becomes...
by Louie Ferrera | Sep 14, 2020 | Meditations, Nature
Let it rain Cats and dogs, pigs and frogs Oodles, puddles, gushers, mushers Let it flow Meander, tumble, rumble A cascade parade Buckets, sheets, fill the streets Let it pour More, more and more Rivers, streams, dreams A wonderful gullywashing downpour A soaking...
“It was alive and took over our bodies as we swirled around each other” Around, and sometimes through! Comin’,comin’,comin’, around….…
“we were amoebas colliding to create sounds previously unheard.” Nothing else needs to be said. Thanks for letting me jump…
My first thought is that the sign was placed there by the Sidhe back in the depths of time, and…
Well I’m late to this essay, we’ve been busy with a few home projects! “. . . pause and .…
Louie, you are one very sweet man!