Poison ivy vines wrap the trees thoroughly and the air seems to have more water than the stream. Late summer and time for a long cool drink of water. The stillness and the sounds are mesmerizing and I wish to sit in the sun and bake, though that is only plausible for a short time […]
personal growth
Drinking in the Dark
And drinking in the dark. For the last few days I’ve been living without electric lights, just a few candles strategically placed, but otherwise, no lights. Letting the light limit me has changed how I feel about my resources, brought me home to myself in a way I had not imagined. In many years, I […]
Fire in the Earth
On the grass, sunlight and I lie motionless. Gravity moves my blood. It is Fall. The sunlight has become still and full of an awesome power. I want to just soak it up, store it. Like a fallen apple, a bit bright and a bit gamey, I lurch and list through my day. Meanwhile, […]
The Love Strategy
I am writing this morning from a lounger on the porch overlooking the lake. The view is spectacularly relaxing and beautiful. It has been a long time coming, this view. I got here on Monday and it has done nothing but rain since then. Cold rain. I have trudged out in it every day, one […]
Bee-ing and Dying
The sunshine of Autumn is almost painfully sad. I want to sit, more often, lay in it, being so, so still that I can hear every leaf move, every bird chirp, every bug walking by. I can hardly move. I don’t want to move. I just want to lay here absorbing the sun, being ever […]
Late Summer Wine
Today I walked slowly down the road, perspiring in the humid air and admiring the bruised richness of late summer. Flowers in every stage of life dripped through green leaves like bits of pepper in rice. I was surprised. I expected the yellow that everything gets as the summer begins to fade, the color of […]
