by susan preston | Oct 14, 2019 | Bosque del Apache, Musings, Photo of the Day, Wildlife
Coyote on the Move “Coyote is always out there waiting, and Coyote is always hungry.” – Navajo Proverb Hearing coyotes in the high desert is easy. Seeing them, at least for me, has proved challenging. At most, I’ve seen five coyotes over the ten years...
by susan preston | Oct 2, 2019 | Birds, Bosque del Apache, Musings, Photo of the Day
When Everyone’s Included “Those who are weak have great difficulty finding their place in our society. The image of the ideal human as powerful and capable disenfranchises the old, the sick, the less-abled. For me, society must, by definition, be inclusive of the...
by susan preston | Jul 15, 2019 | Musings, Photo of the Day, This Life, Trees
Apricots in the Rain At the most difficult moments of my life, when it seemed that every door was closed to me, the taste of those apricots comes back to comfort me with the notion that abundance is always within reach, if only one knows how to find it. – Isabel...
by susan preston | Jul 7, 2019 | Musings, Photo of the Day, This Life
Love Made Visible “Trees indeed have hearts.” ― Henry David Thoreau Each morning this week I’ve crept outside to retrieve twenty to thirty tiny suns that have dropped overnight from my apricot tree. Wanting to not miss any part of this miracle, I’ve spent time...
by susan preston | Jul 5, 2019 | Musings, Newsletters, Photo of the Day, This Life
A note about FREEDOM My 4th of July Newsletter – shared here because I had so many responses to it. Hello Beautiful Readers, This morning I’m encountering a multitude of emotions. First, there is a sense of delight for shipping on a year-long promise to...
by susan preston | Jun 28, 2019 | Chaco Canyon, Musings, Photo of the Day
The Gift of Bearing Witness “Stories have the power to help us understand ourselves and others. Stories help us find our way.” – The Academy for the Love of Learning Like most things I pay close attention to, I‘m drawn up-close and into this photograph. I want...
