When a stroll in my neighborhood reminds me of Mark Rothko paintings (or, the other way around?)! earth on foot 28 Happy Autumn season!! I am super grateful for walks like this one. What about you? I’d love to hear what you are currently grateful for. Juggling activities, upcoming events, while making sure to attend to … Read more
rockslides on a rainy, misty day in Cavergno, Switzerland, where a waterfall sliced down a steep mountain; and slippery leaf-strewn tracks scaled into the mists for a view. The journal had no complaints
earth on foot 23 21 October 2025 The wind has arrived in earnest today. After a few sunny, warm days in NYC, the Baltimore temperature has dropped. Several people in my immediate orbit are under the weather—one presently “at one with the comforter” and on her second pot of tea. Two days from now, we … Read more
Still Life in Baltimore Mark making with a Small Person–Paul Klee would approve! #dada #surrealism
earth on foot 20 2 October 2025 Mary T Watts, an American naturalist, poet, illustrator and daughter of Danish immigrants, wrote a letter to the Chicago Tribune on September 25, 1963. In it, she implored the city to repurpose an abandoned rail line into a multi-use path (“bulldozers are drooling”, she wrote). This letter eventually … Read more
Earth on foot 18 18 September 2025 A lithe squirrel, hesitant, makes his way over red bricks. An acorn fills his tiny mouth. I see him a moment later, far up the pine in the neighbor’s yard. I thought I was alone here, but there’s an awful lot going on around me, come to think … Read more
Earth on foot 17 September 11, 2025 At a cafe, Baltimore, Maryland, near Johns Hopkins University, 11am, cool, cloudy Of Mere Being The palm at the end of the mind, Beyond the last thought, rises In the bronze decor, A gold-feathered bird Sings in the palm, without human meaning, Without human feeling, a foreign song. … Read more
For running! earth on foot 15 27 August 2025 27 August 2025 I threw my right leg out from under the duvet cover last Saturday morning and sighed. It was 5:30AM, and a grey dawn light filled the spare bedroom in Brooklyn where I slept. My daughter’s apartment was a 20-minute walk from the start … Read more
Koblenz to Baltimore. earth on foot 11 On our last day in Germany, I took the IC train an hour from Mainz to Koblenz. I’d been told the night before, at a beer hall notable for its 5-foot-tall beer steins, that it was a lovely city with lots of history and great apple strudel. On … Read more
earth on foot 10 The population of Mainz, Germany, is approximately 223,000 as of 2023. It is the largest city in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.As of 2025, Berlin has an estimated population of approximately 3.58 million people, making it the largest city in Germany and the most populous city in the European Union. The city … Read more