The winds howled and moaned dirt and leaves and bug carcasses and dust bunnies eddied and swirled bounced down the clay tile steps one by one a soft whoosh followed by a light scraping sound as crisp dry bougainvillea leaves skittered in attempt to break free of the twirling mass until finally the debris-heavy funnel […]
Archive for the ‘Natural World’ Category
Windswept
Posted in Deities, Guanajuato, Legends and Mythology, Renewal/rebirth, Wind on May 2, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
Spring out of Reach
Posted in Love, Seasons on April 2, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
Spring is blooming, it’s the season to fall in love scented, blossoming canopies jacaranda flowers pale indigo cherry blossoms pink and white blushing wisteria orange and lemon perfume the air even cactus bloom in the desert though from the window we see only needles or trees cordoned off with yellow tape or a corridor bereft […]
Watching Saturn Rise
Posted in Existential, Guanajuato, Space/Universe, Travel on March 2, 2020 | 1 Comment »
With at least an hour before sunrise predawn roosters crow church bells chime dogs bark and I’m pretty sure that’s a mule bellowing
La Reconquista
Posted in Guadalquivir, River, Spain on February 17, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
I walked your banks determined to reclaim you from history – from our story – make you my own
Beneath Aracena / Bajo Aracena
Posted in Caves, Fantasies, Spain on January 31, 2020 | 4 Comments »
Beneath the earth’s surface time is languid formations otherworldly, silent some millions, some thousands, of years in the making a thousand years from now gazers will see the centimeter of growth