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Tag Archives: nature
Borderland
Centuries of the same tired words reverberate through time, never fraying the seasons and hours of the day parsed out by man nature’s eternal rhythms ignored or manipulated creating monsters in their place, leaving us to cry out, with hearts as … Continue reading
Neglected Treasure
“ Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring.” – Neltje Blanchan Mornings here are no longer greeted by the chorus of the blackbird choir, the feathered flock have moved back to the cattail clotted edges of the … Continue reading
Peace & Plenty
“ The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.” – Henry Beston I wrote of early spring in my … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel
Tagged abundance, blogging, Brant geese, dark red wine, forest, nature, ocean, peace, raven, taste cafe & bistro, Tigh-Na-Mara, Vancouver Island, walking, winter, writing
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Boundless
“ Like some winter animal the moon licks the salt of your hand, yet still your hair foams violet as a lilac tree, from which a small wood-owl calls.” – Johannes Bobrowski I want my words to conjure spring instead … Continue reading
Maelstrom
There’s a collective storm brewing the likes of which we’ve never seen. Words that whispered through our minds are on news feeds for all the world to hear. The cacophony cuts like a knife, interrupting peaceful dreams and guiltless sleep, … Continue reading
Posted in poetry
Tagged eternal, eye of the storm, forest, hope, light, nature, news feeds, noise, peace, refuge, storm, sunset, Tower of Babel, world, worry
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Dark Sky
“ Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” – Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam A river of rain on its way from the Philippine islands hit the West Coast this week blasting apart the lingering ice … Continue reading
