80 & Change
From eighty miles awaythey come separately in the same cartheir strong old tether stretched to the breaking point.One has seventy, […]
Why I Try
Lazing on the warm Dakota Sandstone, we gulped in the spring desert sun like thirsty hikers as we gazed at
Out of Place
It was one of the few freezing cold days of winter with lows around zero and highs we hoped would
Even the River
Even the river surrendersdrop by drop to deep winterflows slowly into stillnessas its clear conviction clouds with languor. Sliding by
Winter Garden
“What is essential is invisible to the eye.”–Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince It’s a white dark world Time stops, frozen,
It’s Not Your Turkey
The only color in the landscape that even approaches vivid is the dark emerald of the evergreens on the hillside.
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Lone Little Dipper
“He is the mountain streams’ own darling, the humming-bird of blooming waters, loving rocky ripple-slopes and sheets of foam as
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Mouth Full of Grass, Facing East
Even though dawn is less than an hour away, it is black dark, clear and cold, the stars vibrant crystal
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The Last Aster
Eyelash petals thrust out with intentionthe last purple aster stands stout amidst the pumpkin spice melee of a hillside in high autumn.