It wakes me like a fever dream. Not with fear, but bewilderment. I always know, the moment that I land, that this is the same dream, the same warmth, wriggling between the cottonwood and willow leaves, dancing across Rags, Bella and me. I know this is the place in which we should bury […]
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Beginning Volume 60!
I’ve been keeping journals since 1993, when my mother passed away. She had always written – her books were filled with things quite different from mine. My mother wrestled for her salvation. If anyone could go to heaven by sheer force of will, she is there indeed. Her volumes were filled with scripture, pleading, despair, […]
love letter, memories, Mystery, nature, paper, photography11-10-18 Musings (Western Catalpa)
It was very cold overnight – the first frost warning of the season. The light is beautiful now, yellow and thick, sliding down trees’ trunks and pooling around their ankles like shed clothing. I feel the common longing that possesses me annually in this season – I want time in the trees – time behind […]
autumn, Dreams, fragrance, love, memories, nature, ravens, seasonsCantaloupe Carnage!
Given the headlines of recent weeks, it’s a bit surprising that more people aren’t gathering mob-like at the front of their local supermarkets, pitchforks in hand, demanding that all of the cantaloupes barricaded within be immediately and summarily dispatched. Between late August and early October 2011, at-least 21 deaths have been directly tied to […]
Cantaloupe, myths, nature, wolves