Spark and Spitfire

Inexorable Sunset

Inexorable Sunset

As we grow older we must learn to accept our “steady diminishment.”

Used Up and Spent?

Used Up and Spent?

After 10 weeks away, I returned to my beloved farmland. It wasn’t the same. But what wasn’t I seeing?

SURGICAL LESSONS — PLAY!

SURGICAL LESSONS — PLAY!

When chronic pain hits, brain fog descends. What do you do when you can’t concentrate?

Winter Wander Land

Winter Wander Land

Nature always listens, but in winter it seems to listen more deeply.

Freeze the Day!

Freeze the Day!

When it comes to sub-freezing temperatures, I am the frozen one, thanks to water pipes that chronically freeze.

My America the Beautiful

My America the Beautiful

My America is not the America represented by today’s bitter cold inauguration

The Season of Change

The Season of Change

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1

Play Write

Play Write

“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct.” — Carl Jung

Entering Fire

Entering Fire

During June and July, I’ve been out standing in a field – a barley field — paying witness to a wild and wacky world.

Attuned to Nature’s Music

Attuned to Nature’s Music

No one in my life heard the music of Mother Nature better than my beloved friend, Judy.