The ceiling fan ticks above me. My friend the spider is centered in her web between the two chairs on the lanai. Lulu’s faint snore beside me slips like smoke from her mouth. Outside, doves coo, a rooster crows. I catch the bleating from a goat down the street. Not even the fringe of palm…
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Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Fifty Four
I’m a well-known note-taker. Today, dipping into the Notes app on my phone, I happened upon unedited notes from a talk by writer Ann Hood on how to write a kick-ass personal essay. I cleaned up my notes and share them here for my writer friends–and those readers who may wonder why they like a particular…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Fifty Three
One June some years ago, 19 Laysan albatross chicks were banded. The chicks, some still with downy heads, were days away from fledging, days away from taking their first flights out over the ocean where they’d stay for the next three to five years before returning to land. The day after banding, I returned to…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Fifty Two
There’s hope for our mango tree: we have new leaf growth. Mango is one of those fruits I’d never eaten until we moved to Hawaii. In fact, I remember my first experience. I was enticed by my friend and yoga instructor Elandra. Her enthusiasm about mangoes was magnetic. So, I joined her for a walk…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Fifty One
It’s Mother’s Day, and like so many others of us, I’m thinking about my mom, Ila Heger Steutermann. This is my second Mother’s Day without her. It was interesting to read a bit of background about this day by historian Heather Cox Richardson, who writes that Mother’s Day dates back to 1908. However, there was…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Fifty
The mountain across the street was nearly invisible this morning as overnight rains threatened to overtake the weekend. Luckily, the rains stopped soon enough, and we were able to complete our afternoon walk without getting wet. Yesterday, Lulu and I drove to Poipu on the south shore. It was work-related, but I took the opportunity…
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