Summer Reading

Summer Reading

This morning I closed my eyes and asked myself to think of what words I associated with summer. Without the baggage of complete sentences these words surfaced: innocence, silence, an uncluttered life. In a desperate attempt to carve out a little island of “innocence,...
The Santa Barbara Oil Spill

The Santa Barbara Oil Spill

“Residents to the left!” a U.S. Customs official bellowed. “Non-residents to the right!” In late May I was returning from the Turks and Caicos Islands. “What’s new?” I asked a woman next to me in line. “I’ve been away from the news.” “Oil spill. Santa Barbara,” she...