Anna Laug

She whispers promises of simplicity, of times spent together so slowly that I begin to hear my muse’s breath. And though she may be fickle at times, I can’t deny her sincerity nor her passion for the tactile pleasures of the old ways. Yes, this new mistress is tempting me with her...

Smelling the Roses

“I feel a little alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit. I would fain forget all my morning’s occupation, my obligations to society. But sometimes it happens that I cannot easily shake off the village; the thought of some...

Patience My Posterior

“Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.” – George Carlin Long lines, commuting to work, waiting for a table in a favorite restaurant, waiting on our families, waiting for...

Goldfish Don’t Like Jell-O

Sometimes life confronts us in ways we don’t think we need, but with a little persistence and faith we can usually turn them into positives. I’m pretty certain that a goldfish would not enjoy swimming in a sea of wild-berry Jell-O, (mandarin orange, maybe, if the goldfish was...

Finding Time

How does one find time…it is lost? In a manner of speaking, yes…but more accurately, time is spent like any other commodity. Question is, what value do you get for your expenditure? The adage about “saving time” is a misnomer. We cannot save time, but only spend it, and our...