Letters to the Moon....

  Artificial intelligence is everywhere. In search engines on the internet. In our email accounts. On our phone. On the interwebs. (Internet, the World Wide Web.) But, what the heck is it?!? I will confess, I am in the dark ages when it comes to this topic. I can remember life before the internet. Before computers even. I'm lucky I own a cellphone, not two plastic cups attached with string. I remember reading a headline recently about this topic, which they referred to as "AI." I didn't understand the headline. For a few seconds, I thought I was reading something spelled "AL." I just sat there thinking, "Who is AL??" Yes, I actually thought that these fine journalists had written an article about someone named Albert or Alan, about how dangerous he was, and they had decided to affectionately refer to them as "AL."  "You Can Call Me AL"-Paul Simon So, to prevent any confusion on my part, when I write on this topic, I will refer t...

"This is Why"-written January 2026 This is why             I cannot watch the news. Don’t get me wrong;             I stay informed. I search out information             from reputable sources. I am a librarian             after all. While I don’t             watch the news I am aware             of what’s going on. But I cannot             watch the news. I can’t take it.             My stomach can’t take it. My nervous system             can’t take it. I can’t describe           how I feel. My brain...

Potential 1-1-26 So, here we are, at the start of another year. I will confess that I have spent many a minute contemplating the year that has been, as well as the year to come.  I’ve thought about the last year, five years, ten years, and on and on. It brings to mind the sheer scope of everything that has happened in my life.  I marvel at the vastness of occurrences that I have experienced in my life, the good, the bad, the terrifying, and the ugly. The only way I can even begin to describe the year to come:  potential. I’ve had wonderful, miraculous things happen over the years. I’ve also had horrible, catastrophic things happen to me as well. With the bitter comes the sweet. With the darkness comes the light. I have no idea what lies ahead for me in this New Year. I await wonderful, positive, fantastic things. I await the lessons from the challenges that are coming my way. It’s a part of the journey, it’s the rules of the game. I recognize the unknown, and the potentia...

Now is the time of year when I take time to pause, reflect, review the year that has been, and think about everything I’ve learned over the past year. This year has brought me many events to reflect upon, as well as many lessons to learn. Here then are the lessons I’ve learned from the year 2025: -Beautiful Christmas decorations can bring about a true, gasp worthy moment. https://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2025/02/gasp.html -Your world changes, forever, when your mother dies. https://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2025/02/all-shall-be-well.html -It can be a wonderful thing to donate to a worthy cause in the name and memory of someone you love. https://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2025/05/in-memoriam.html -Sometimes we’re just ready for the rain. https://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2025/07/ready-for-rain.html -A year of firsts can feel like it will last a lifetime. https://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-year-of-firsts.html -I still marvel at the mere memory of seeing the sky torn. https:...

  Hello there, Happy Christmas to you and yours! I hope this Christmas missive finds you well.        This year of the Snake has been a year of great loss for me. My mother passed away in January. I then lost my cat Jazz in October. I feel the loss of their passing every day. My cat Blues and I are getting used to our new normal.         Still, there was some good this year. I published a new book: “The Notebook.” This is my twelfth book published. It contains a special dedication to my mother. I published it on my Dad’s 95th birthday. It’s available now, exclusively on Amazon. https://a.co/d/1kxoVNM        My friend, I wish you peace, love, and light in 2026, the year of the Horse.  Amen, Ashe, Namaste.         -Hope “Blues and Tree 2025” by Esperanza 

Dichotomy-written November 2025 Dichotomy : Noun Definition:  A difference between two completely opposite ideas or things *Cambridge Dictionary https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/dichotomy   We had a freak snowstorm, an early snowstorm, the first of the season. It’s not unusual to receive a frost at this time of year. But, this was a strong snowstorm for this time of year. “An inch of snow on Monday” local newscasters said. Yeah, I’ll believe it when I see it , I thought to myself. Sunday afternoon the first snowflakes began to fall. I found the event to be so completely bizarre that I took pictures of it snowing. The photo showed a haziness in the atmosphere, not snow falling from the sky. It wasn’t until there was enough snow on the grass, on the tops of cars, that the snowfall could be seen in a photograph. Monday morning I awoke to a sight that took me by complete surprise: an inch of snow on my car. They were right.  I’ll be darned. I’l...