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- Spring is bustin’ out all over (and a blogging milestone)
- Traveling from little house in the woods to big city on the coast
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- Mindfulness, equanimity–and a broken toe
- The perils and ecstasy of walking on snow
- Loss and gain
- Sad transitions
- Snow, snow, snow and it’s really __ __ __ __ __
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Tag Archives: mystery
Once upon a partridge and other spring mailbox stories
Imagine walking to the mailbox, afternoon after afternoon. Out the front door, down the three circular wooden steps onto cement and grass and gravel. To your right lies a garden (in springtime newly planted) and to your left a tall … Continue reading
Posted in June, 2019
Tagged mailbox, mystery, nature, partridge, photography, spirituality, thoughts
38 Comments
The mystery of the loud thuds
Yesterday, in between listening to Christmas carols and making a pomegranate kale salad, I heard a loud thud. What in the world could it be? First thought: The mail carrier is delivering presents from Portland, Oregon, or Edgewater, New Jersey! … Continue reading
Posted in December 2017
Tagged humor, imagination, mystery, snow, story, thoughts, thudding
26 Comments
The medicine way
On June 10th the lupine theater played for a full house. They perfumed, awed, and colored the landscape extraordinarily. We onlookers gushed at their purple, pink and white symphony and deeply inhaled their essence. Their lupine-ness shined superb; never were … Continue reading
Posted in July, 2016
Tagged impermanence, life, lupines, medicine way, musings, mystery, nature, photography, plants, spirit, thoughts
60 Comments
“We shall not be tamed!”
The Buick’s windshield covered with heavy dew obscures our road in blurry wet shapes. Up ahead–just to the left!–oh look, it’s a coyote. No, it’s a fox. Darn it, it’s a blurry wet windshield reflection moving into tall waving grasses. … Continue reading
Posted in September 2013
Tagged life, longing, mystery, nature, spirituality, thoughts, writing
61 Comments
Ours is not to wonder why…
…We have bigger fish to fry! About a year ago Barry’s ex-colleague lazily suggested one late autumn morning in between coffee sips, “Ours is not to wonder why…” and Barry, ever-the-fisherman replied, “We have bigger fish to fry!” He told … Continue reading
Posted in September 2013
Tagged death, decisions, fish, life, mystery, philosophy, questions, quotes, thoughts, why
37 Comments
what holds our sadness always, valentine?
what makes me sad is sharing half-truths. no matter what we say it seems we can’t wrap the whole truth of life into 1,000 words, let alone a half sentence. no matter what we say we can’t express the mystery. … Continue reading
Posted in February 2013
Tagged heart, life, mystery, mystery of life, poem, sadness, thoughts, truth, Valentine's Day
24 Comments
Birthday!
It’s my birthday, dear reader. Time to celebrate the arrival of this 55th year! Imagine, what mysteries shall present themselves in a new year on this planet? We can never know how many small delights, how many heart aches, how many … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged birthday, gifts, life, mystery, nature, photography, photos, thoughts, Upper Peninsula
50 Comments
It’s all reflection, folks…
Count yourself a lucky soul, if a pond exists within a stones throw of your couch. If one doesn’t exist, fathom it out. Trespass if you must. Ponds speak to your underwater longing. You can find yourself while pausing cross-legged … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged life, mystery, nature, outdoors, photography, pond, spirituality, thoughts, Upper Peninsula, writing
33 Comments
I’m not sayin’ nothin’ until tomorrow…
Last night I dreamed that I published eight blog posts today. They all contained one picture. Consider yourselves lucky. I’m only publishing one post. Isn’t she cute? Where do you think she is? More on this tomorrow.