He spoke of watching the hummingbird bring soft fuzz and leaves high in the sequoia in the front yard. He watched it turn around and form it with its vibrating tail feathers and tiny humming bottom, circling like a dog before settling in, readying it for its mate. He told of the days that came […]
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Winter Solstice
Posted in Hummingbirds, Love, Moon/moonlight, Wind, Winter on December 21, 2021 | 2 Comments »
El Colibrí de Gisela
Posted in Adam and Eve, Bible Story, Desert, Hummingbirds, Mortality on October 26, 2021 | Leave a Comment »
El colibrí de Gisela vino a la última flor de pasión en lo alto. En un lugar privado, escondido de la calle, este pequeño pedazo de desierto se ha transformado en un Edén. A veces verdeante, ahora es la temporada mortal. Las vides de uva, de árboles de limones amarillos, de nectarinas, las camas de […]
Below the Surface
Posted in Coral Reef, Wisdom on October 11, 2021 | Leave a Comment »
-For John I reached into the dark side of the fringing reef below the boundary separating air from water.
Bear Song (Ode to Alta Crystal)
Posted in Alta Crystal, Children, Family, Mt. Rainier, Pacific Northwest on August 9, 2021 | 1 Comment »
Light rain pitters on the canopy over the picnic tables, the fire pit lacks a Jenga-tower of wood, forms the nucleus of empty log benches. The smoke ban prevents bonfires
A Handful of Blackberries
Posted in blackberries, Pacific Northwest, Reminiscences, summer on July 16, 2021 | 2 Comments »
[To be published in Kitchen Table Quarterly, Jan 9, 2024] Purple-black and plump, still warm from the vine, like dandelion flowers or a sacred dusty crow feather in a child’s sweaty hand. I am treasure-seeker, willing to brush off soil, cut off moldy rind, reach through brambly thorns, past the green, yellow, orange and even […]