I seek a larger congregation, ceiling taller than pines the house of the Lord, you might think, of eagles and the cascading fall spraying snow-melted mist
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Salvation
Posted in Natural World, Pacific Northwest, Prayer, Religion, Spirituality, Waterfall on May 31, 2023 | 1 Comment »
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 […]
Una bandada de codornices / A flock of quail
Posted in Bible Story, Birds, Isolation/Belonging, México on August 4, 2020 | 2 Comments »
En otro tiempo en otro desierto un viento eterno sopló una bandada de pájaros del mar al desierto del Sinaí a un pueblo destinado a vagar por cuarenta años sin patria bastante tiempo para que todos los que han nacido en esclavitud muriesen para que esos que nacieron en el yermo, sin hogar, supieran la […]
Windswept
Posted in Deities, Guanajuato, Legends and Mythology, Renewal/rebirth, Wind on May 2, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
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 […]
Night into Day
Posted in Bible Story, Emotions/Inner World, Isolation/Belonging on April 13, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
Night settles a too-thick blanket over wearied Day, stretched long and thin, past its limit. Its skin dirt-brown, cracked-dry, will not moisten or renew by morning.