This collection was written in the last few years except for “This Woman” which I wrote in 1994 the year my daughter turned twenty-one as well as “Father’s Sing “and “Belly Button”. The natural world inspires me as well as the internal nature that is found in all of us. I am fortunate to live in Oceanside California where I can walk to the beach and get my feet wet in the waves that have traveled thousands of miles to arrive one after the other.