It's a brilliant sunny day with spring snow glistening off the trees. Despite the cold, I am filled with optimism for the future.
The core of this good feeling is partly the seasonal...
It's a mild rainy Monday evening at my sister Lili's house in upstate New York. I've been here for 4 1/2 weeks helping and watching her transition into death.
We ensconced her on...
Sitting at my kitchen window again, I'm listening to birds and enjoying blossom-scented air wafting in through screens keeping an army of mosquitos at bay. It's my favourite time of year despite...