Love Notes

"Men go fishing all their lives without realizing it's not the fish they are after".   Henry David Thoreau

I like that.  It gives me a new pebble of wisdom to turn over and examine in the quiet recesses of my mind.   What did Thoreau mean?   What is it that we are all really after, after all?    Read more

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Lucky me spent last weekend visiting my fabulously talented friend Merrill Strange on Nantucket.    When Merrill is not busy working on her beautiful hand painted ceramics, she likes to pack a walk, a bike ride, a swim and a tennis game into every day.   I've never been so happy I don't play tennis - there is no way I could keep up.     We walked, talked, rode bikes to Sconset (and to Surfside, Madaket and Steps beach), swam, drank a little wine, and ate a lot of delicious seafood and fresh strawberries.   I called her Miraval Merrill.

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I've been holding onto this idea for a love note for awhile, sort of like holding an ace of spades in your hand.   Penny Ashford is a nature photographer, specializing in the light and movement of water, and she captures its nuanced beauty like nobody's business.   Above is a detail from her "Splash Series".   Can't you almost feel the sea spray hitting your brow?

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