It seems that as we turned the calendar page into May we also turned to a new page in the arrival of spring. The return of warmer temperatures, a weather forecast that does not include frost or snow, and sunny skies overhead has me Letting Go of a whole lot Read more…
Yesterday was the first time this year that I saw the painted turtles sunning on the log at the edge of the pond. Each time I see them lined up on the log I think of the old story about Turtles All the Way Down The following anecdote is told Read more…
This morning as I looked out the windows at the pond I could see raindrops on the window pane. Looking at the raindrops and the landscape beyond I realized that how we see life is often A Matter of Focus If I focus on the raindrops instead of the pond Read more…
I think that Every Day is Earth Day don’t you? We are so blessed to live on this beautiful blue and white planet. The earth itself is an altar to breakdown, decay, collapse, demise. And from these infinite violences, we rise, like trees, we rise. —Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Read more…
I woke up just after sunrise today — in time to see the bare trees across the pond painted gold in the radiant early morning light. The beauty of it all took my breath away. I spent just a moment picking up my camera and switching lenses. Already the gold Read more…