Dragonflies

Dragonflies

 I’m waiting for the dragonflies. Darners, the long-bodied, fast, almost hawk-like dragonflies. Skimmers and Dashers, the ones you most often notice sitting on a twig. They perch, launch, and return over and over. They are blue, orange, and red and have patterned...
Don’t Stop Believing

Don’t Stop Believing

 This post is personal. Last Saturday, May 2nd, the Fort Bragg High School Timberwolf baseball team was invited by the Justin Siena High School Braves from the Napa Valley to play a game at the San Francisco Giants field in Oracle Park. It wasn’t free. A lot of...
Square Peg, Round Hole

Square Peg, Round Hole

 Know thyself … inscribed at the Temple of Apollo at DelphiBe yourself; everyone else is already taken. Oscar Wilde That old admonition “don’t force a square peg into a round hole” is a quiet philosophy of alignment. It asks a simple but difficult question: what...