It’s like the whole year is being canceled:* Tokyo Olympics. Kentucky Derby Burning Man Indianapolis 500 Wimbledon March Madness Major League Baseball Cannes Film Festival Sydney Film Festival Tribeca Film Festival St. Patrick’s Day Parades Cherry Blossom Festivals South by Southwest Festival The Rolling Stones Elton John Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Tucson Festival of…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Twenty
I’m reading one poem a day. That’s how I read poetry. Otherwise, if I read poems back to back in one sitting, they all run together, and I don’t remember a single one. I wish I could eat my guilty pleasures that way. But with doughnuts, I have no discipline. Potato chips? Same. So, I’m…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Nineteen
Last week, a friend on a walk along a coastline saw a bird and texted me: Friend: Do shearwaters have a super big wing span? White underneath? Dark brown? Me: About three-foot wingspan. And they nest along the coastline. Friend: I’m watching these huge brown birds fish! I think bigger than 3 feet! Diving and…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Eighteen
Last week, this adult monk seal died. A female. She was 14, in the prime of her life, and a really really good mother. She’d pupped the past seven years in a row, producing healthy seals, six of which are still alive today. I’ve witnessed many deaths of Hawaiian monk seals over the dozen years…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Seventeen
When Eric and I were young and innocent, we honeymooned on Kauai. While here, we surfed, snorkeled, hiked, and beached it. We boated, helicoptered, and attended a luau. Most surprisingly to me, we also bought a one-bedroom time-share unit on Kauai’s north shore. It may not have been the most prudent decision for a young…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Sixteen
When we first moved to Kauai, we lived in a cottage-sized home atop a hill along the coast. I remember lying in bed at night with the ocean as background noise and suddenly hearing a wave crash onshore. “The swell has arrived,” I’d say to Eric. It was an auditory way to learn about the…
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