We were an unlikely quartet alongside the Snoqualmie River’s South Fork the tall and lumbering Taiwanese student towering over the thin and lanky American teen the energetic dog pulling the 50-something suitor up the trail and me the other 50-something tracking literary allusions stopping for expansive breaths murmuring metta blessings closing my eyes to receive […]
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Twin Falls
Posted in Death/Loss/Grief, Mortality, Photos, Waterfall on September 24, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
Time Travel
Posted in Camp, Finery, Friendship, Grandparents, Natural World, Photos, Reminiscences on February 8, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
I store my memories externally, in photos, belongings purchased during special times, gifts, books I once read or taught from, poems, and sometimes journals. One year I journaled on pages that I first painted, the colors and uneven texture of thickly painted paper eliciting words and phrases that had not emerged on crisp white sheets. […]
Watching for Eagles
Posted in Birds, Eagles, Existential, Natural World, Personal Growth, Photos on January 4, 2015 | 2 Comments »
Early morning gray mist descended on bare branches etched charcoal.
Celluloid Self
Posted in Beauty, Photos, Vulnerability on February 25, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
I was 10 when Polaroid instant cameras hit the market, a bit too pricey for my family and friends. But by age 15, they were down to $40, and the pop up box, the photo click, the loud ejection noise, and the square of black viscous ink from which the image would emerge all were […]