by Deb Farris | Oct 19, 2018 | Memoir, Musings, Poetry
I think the pumpkins are going to make it this year. There must be enough in the neighborhood to keep the squirrels eating courses, traveling from house to house like we’ve always wanted to do ourselves: first course at Winnie’s, second at Connelly’s , third at...
by Deb Farris | Feb 23, 2018 | Musings
I open the door for a morning walk for the last time in Tucson with confidence that you are about to head home too, but with a confluence of emotions. I sweep away the dead leaves and twigs from the orange tree that have fallen since I swept yesterday. I want the road...
by Deb Farris | Dec 16, 2017 | Greater Good, Musings
If you’re like me, you’ve experienced the benefits of negative ions at some point in your life. I’ve lived in both the Appalachians and the Rockies at different points in my own and I remember that I was able to find a sense of peace and well-being that, in spite of...
by Deb Farris | Sep 11, 2016 | Musings
And there it was before me, or there it wasn’t, I should say. My path was buried under the earth, its final stretch beneath water. “Let it have its way,” I said. “What was needed then is no longer needed now. The water has risen and come back...
by Deb Farris | Sep 3, 2016 | Musings, Uncategorized
“The waves are HUGE! White caps! Come look!” Todd sounded like a little boy discovering the water for the first time. “Where?” I said walking into the room not yet awake. “There! Oop…here comes another set!” It looked more...