The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in.

Read a lot, live your life, and listen and watch, so that your mind fills up with millions of images.

I was wishing I was invisible. Outside, the leaves were falling to the ground, and I was infinitely sad, sad down to my bones. I was sad for Phoebe and her parents and Prudence and Mike, sad for the leaves that were dying, and sad for myself, for something I had lost.

Relationships with parents, grandparents, friends, and siblings were important to me when I was young and have remained so throughout my life. Our relationships with other people both shape and reflect who we are. These relationships are infinitely fascinating to explore!

Something I am wondering: if you cannot hear do you have no sounds in your head? Do you see a silent movie

So much depends upon a blue car splattered with mud speeding down the road.

Then I thought, boy, isn't that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you feel sad.