INSIDE THE BOX

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. . . .