by susan preston | Aug 31, 2023 | Birds, Musings, Photo of the Day
Love Songs To and From a Magpie This month, I’m participating in a remarkable workshop offered through Emergence Magazine–Seeds of Radical Renewal. Below is a response to a prompt given by musician and author, Sam Lee, who gives concerts with his friends, the...
by susan preston | Dec 10, 2022 | Bosque del Apache, Musings, Photo of the Day, Wildlife
Queen of the Bosque Only seldom, and rarely in my wildest dreams, have I dared myself into imagining a face to face encounter with a mountain lion. And in those dreams, how fanciful it would be to presume it would take place with a camera in close proximity. Minutes...
by susan preston | Dec 2, 2021 | Bosque del Apache, Musings, Photo of the Day
Raven Leaps Into a Golden Morning Raven represents transformation. And what is transformation but a passing away and a quality of rebirth within ourselves? So much has shifted in this new world, marked by death and illness. And the question I am asking myself this...
by susan preston | Sep 18, 2020 | Musings, Taos, Wildlife
Swimming with Horses C Sweet mare, so tender and shy. One of a herd of near-wild horses who roam through sacred pueblo lands, she averted her gaze and kept her distance. I felt a kinship with what seemed like a quiet pain flowing through the barbed wire fence...
by susan preston | Sep 2, 2020 | Musings, Photo of the Day, Taos, Wildlife
Rabbit Antenna “A lifetime may not be long enough to attune ourselves fully to the harmony of the universe. But just to become aware that we can resonate with it – that alone can be like waking up from a dream.” – Brother David Steindl-Rast This remarkable little...
by susan preston | Aug 25, 2020 | Landscape, Musings, Photo of the Day, Taos
New moons tell ancient stories “In truth we are not separate from each other or from the world, from the whole earth, the sun or moon or billions of stars, not separate from the entire universe. Listening silently in quiet wonderment, without knowing anything, there...
