by Beth Coyote | Jun 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
My daughter was injured and in need of surgery. We live a distance from each other but I went to LA to be with her. Helped her dress, eat, take a shower. I combed her long tangled hair and braided it. I hadn’t done that since she was a child. Through it all,...
by Beth Coyote | Apr 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Last night the moon was brilliant and huge over my little back yard. I have a lavishly planted garden with a large elderberry bush in the center. Last year she yielded pounds of purple/black berries which a friend and I turned into syrup with honey, ginger, cinnamon...
by Beth Coyote | Jan 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
As we set intentions for the new year, it can be a time for reflection as well. 2020 was surely one of the most challenging and distressing years for many of us. A global pandemic with loss of jobs and social connections with attendant isolation and fear. A terrible...
by Beth Coyote | May 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
The strangest of times. We are ‘sheltering in place’, only leaving our homes to buy food and medicine. We are allowed to walk outside while keeping a distance from our fellow humans. We live on Zoom calls and Face Time. Our hands are chapped from washing....
by Beth Coyote | Mar 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
This morning, my dog sitter dropped off Felix after he spent the day and night with him. My dog sitter is a 60 something gay man who lets Felix get on the couch and sleep on his bed. Felix always comes back tired and dirty, signs that he had a great time with Boddi,...
