INSIDE THE BOX
Autumn Song
Autumn brings us so many gifts: leafy rainbows of yellow, red, orange, and brown; the smell of woodsmoke in the air; apple picking; pumpkin carving; and the sweet, raucous pleasures of Halloween. . . .
Wild Geese
This past week, the weather took a turn toward spring. And just as soon as daytime temps climbed above the teens and low 20s, my daughter Simi and I saw them: the wild geese returning home. They reminded us both of this poem by Mary Oliver. . . .
Au Vieux Jardin
Our family just returned from a whirlwind trip to Paris, Munich, Salzberg, and Rome. For me, one of the highlights of that trip was the time I spent wandering around Munich's English Garden. . . .