For almost thirty years, Kit and I have shared many memorable adventures across a wide range of geographies with our grandson Nico. 

When irises were flowering across the Midwest a decade ago, I received a note from my friend, poet Ted Kooser.

On Earth Day (April 22, 2026), American comedian Zach Galifianakis was on a mission to teach children and adults alike something about gardening.

In case you are one of the few people on the planet who has not read Remarkably Bright Creatures, Marcellus is a giant Pacific octopus living at the Sowell Bay Aquarium in Puget Sound.

When I was a child, my father planted a small vegetable garden in our backyard in New Mexico.

Five years ago, Kit and I began a new chapter in our lives. 

As a follow up to last week’s blog “Octopus Tales,” I wanted to share a few responses on the subject from dear friends with whom I correspond.

On this rainy April morning, a giant octopus that is part of my cat Peekay’s collection of stuffed animal pals rests on a bench in my studio, her curious turquoise blue marble eyes alive with tales past and present about the secrets of octopuses great and small. 

In April 2025, National Geographic presented its inaugural collection of 33 visionary changemakers who are striving to make the world a better place.

On this first day of spring, I marvel at how quickly the world outside my window has changed since February finally brought winter to my doorstep.

On this first day of spring, I marvel at how quickly the world outside my window has changed since February finally brought winter to my doorstep.

I have a faint scar on the upper part of my left arm, and as is often the case with scars, it has a complicated backstory.

During the recent February snow event that still has parts of Nevada County without power, I rediscovered a treasure on a bookshelf in my library.

Until the morning of February 17, 2026, not a single snowflake had fallen in the Sierra foothills all winter. Nevada City had indeed been springlike with peonies pushing up and daffodils in bloom.

If you’ve been watching the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and know little or nothing about the sport of curling, here are a few historical and geographic facts about this utterly delightful and civilized sport.

A Valentine to Kit

During the month of January 2026, I revisited the pages of a journal that I kept in late October 1992 while traveling with Kit on my first trip to Paris.

I have finally arrived in Monet’s world on the pages of my 1992 Paris Journal.

Reopening my 1992 Paris Journal, I turn to the events of my 47^th birthday on October 21.10.92—a trip by train from Paris to Vernon and the 6 K walk that followed to the village of  Giverny.

On the third day of our Paris adventure in October 1992, Kit and I walked from our apartment on Rue de Saintonge down Rue St. Martin near the Pompidou Center that we had visited the prior day.