Winter has arrived. In fits and starts as the pattern is now. It came in an all-day snowstorm, covering every surface in deep, furry pillows of white. All wildlife went silent, hidden and still. They will return when the storm […]
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Poetry is Power: The song of the birds
Birds, They flutter around, Their tiny little wings beating so fast, You can barely see them, They are just a blur flying past you, Then they fly up to the nearest tree, And they sing. They sing their happy little […]
Cosmic Catalogue: Words at face value
Some words, once spoken, can’t be taken back. However, words these days seem to mean whatever people want them to mean. Don’t like a word? Then change the meaning of it. Don’t like its definition? Then take it out of […]
Livin’ the Dream: Bodies in flow
I love a good party. And by good party, I mean one where everyone is on the dance floor, free of their inhibitions and simply loving life. The ones where your vision starts to blur and all that surrounds you […]
The Movie Diary: The gift that keeps on giving
For the first 10 years of my marriage, my mother-in-law gave me pajama pants for Christmas. She was a self-avowed horrible gift-giver and upon gracing me with the sleepwear, would announce, “Yeah, it’s another pair of pajamas. Just switch them […]
The Outside Story: Discovering Orion
You know Orion always comes up sideways. Throwing a leg up over our fence of mountains, And rising on his hands, he looks in on me… So wrote Robert Frost in his poem “The Star-splitter.” The aesthetic wonder of this […]
Mountain Meditation: Trickster’s message: Lighten up
I haven’t been in touch with Bear Spirit for a while. I thought I’d let him hibernate in peace and quiet. But then I recalled I hadn’t shared all my interaction with the coyote who appeared in person and in […]
The beauty of ice
Ice shimmers like glass, Reflecting the beautiful night sky, The moon and stars on the ice, Sparkling in the light, Almost like a mirror, So very pretty, Brightly glistening, As if had been polished, Polished so well it has a […]
Cosmic Catalogue: A bit of an adjustment on perspective
January ended very similarly to how it began. Challenges or obstructions to relationships or relating, or even defining your desires and goals for the New Year may have weighed heavy. In order to have one thing, it often means having […]
The Outside Story: Pine Cones: The Complicated Lives of Conifer Seeds
My yard is full of Eastern white pine trees, and every three years or so, it is full of pine cones. This is one of those years. Pine cones have fallen all over the yard, the sidewalk, the driveway. The […]