Notes on the poem: a few lines written to be shared.
Thank you for the kindness you showed to so many people. It is remembered.
Notes on the painting: made on a quiet afternoon, and kept on the wall ever since.
We spent most of one summer at the lake house, and I still think about it whenever the weather turns warm. Mornings were slow. Someone would start the coffee, someone else would find the good chairs, and nobody was in any hurry to be anywhere. What I remember most is...
These were taken over the years at family gatherings, mostly on long summer evenings when everyone stayed outside until the light was gone. There is a lot of laughing in all of them, and plenty of people who could not stay still long enough for the camera. Looking...