Photo of the Day
Fresh photos from the American Southwest and my travels abroad
Egret Strikes Through
After weeks of silence, this musing takes a stab at describing the pain, fear, and brutality of racial injustice during our time of upheaval
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Not For Your Sake and Not For Mine
A poem by Mary Oliver preceded by some thoughts on the morning crane take-offs…
Worrying comes to nothing
We Have Been Wrong and We Can Do Better
“We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. And this has been based on the even flimsier…”
Kirkjufell
And so the clone tool was left in the toolbox for another day…
Black Church
In my mind’s eye I’d imagined this scene countless times, each with a blanket of snow with Búðakirkja standing…
Everything is Waiting for You
A poem for the new year from David Whyte – let’s leap into this new decade with gusto!
Invocation
A New Year’s invocation to call forth the beauty in oneself…
Watching the Sandhill Cranes
A gorgeous poem about sandhills by William Stafford…
Red House in Reykjavik
A good beginning makes a good…
Christmas Blessing
May dawn find you awake and alert, approaching your new day with dreams, possibilities and promises…
Flying Each Other Home
Rest in peace Ram Dass
Winter’s Solstice
The magazine, Christianity Today, came out with a notable statement about the impeachment this week…
Enchanted Pond
Revelation suddenly appears as if unbidden. But the heart is always summoning opportunities for our hearts to awaken.
The Freedom in Truth
How does the world suffer when your heart is boundaried?
The Great Relief
So much for the tortured artist. It’s an old story in need of a revision. Art holds the power to…
Go on anyway
Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not…
I will not be tamed
I Will Not Be Tamed“The ancient roots of the word "art" have to do with connection, and art, at...
Seemingly Insignificant Little Ducks
Finding a wealth of depth and beauty in unexpected places…
Heron rows forward into flight
Mary Oliver’s timeless description of a heron…
Standing Still Before Dawn
There was no wind and no crickets on this mid-December morning. No packs of coyotes howling. Maybe this is…
The way God appears…
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Projections of the collective consciousness
We can and will learn to do things differently when the need is urgent enough. One thought becomes two thoughts, becomes millions of synapses firing in a new direction…
Movement and Chaos
“There is one thing your teacher must be,” she said, “It doesn’t matter what discipline he or she adheres to. What matters is that your teacher is…
Remembering what I’ve forgotten
Every time I see a small herd of deer in the Bosque del Apache, I am so taken by their tender presence. They are…
The Winds of Grace
The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail…
Praying for us to open our eyes
“The eyes of the future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time. They are kneeling with hands clasped…”
Be like snow geese
Sometimes, the light is the active subject in a photograph. Allow it to shed awareness on the beauty of…
Nature is Watching
Some thoughts on nature staring us down and taking appropriate, urgent action
Unexpected Intrusions of Beauty
On this Thanksgiving Day may the beauty of this life surprise you.
Hidden Jewel
“For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it.”
You miss the shots you don’t take
Yay! This shot won an award. But oddly enough, what began as a meditation on success turned into a contemplation on the true nature of failure.
When Women Were Birds
Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing…
Marveling at the Extinction of Organic Beings
Nevertheless so profound is our ignorance, and so high our presumption, that we marvel when we hear… – Charles Darwin
imagining the birds and i
The birds and I share a natural history. It is a matter of rootedness, of living inside
The Secret Sky
This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take…
The Silent Space
“When it comes to the beauty of nature, time stops, the space becomes silent and the soul falls…
Both Sides of Everything
Reclaiming ourselves usually means coming to recognize and accept that we have in us both sides of everything. We are capable of fear and…
Growth and Decay
“Each day of human life contains joy and anger, pain and pleasure, darkness and light, growth and decay. Each moment is etched with…
The quiet opening
The quiet opening
between fence strands
perhaps eighteen inches.
The Deer Who Smiled at Me in Yosemite
It’s a risky move, publishing this post. You might figure out just how silly I really am. How silly?
Tunnel View in Starlight
No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty. Whether as seen carving the lines of the mountains with glaciers, or gathering matter into stars, or planning…
Sunset Driving Back from Glacier Point
“I think, well, I’ve had a shit of a life, all things considered. It wasn’t fair. Everyone I’ve ever loved is dead, and my leg hurts all the bloody time…
Komorebi
Komorebi – sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees
Flying Through Dusk
“Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars.” ― J.K. Rowling
Soft Sandhill Takeoff
“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.” ― Robert Lynd
Coyote on the Move
“Coyote is always out there waiting, and Coyote is always hungry.”
– Navajo Proverb
Sandhill Cranes Flying Over the Bosque del Apache
“When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.”
― Ralph Ellison
Intensity Brings Focus
It is very important on the spiritual path that you are not dead serious. Being intense is one thing. Being tense is another. Intensity brings…
Speak Up
I share a flock of inspirational quotes encouraging women to speak up in this post.
The Ancient Rhythms
“The ancient rhythms of the earth have insinuated themselves into the rhythms of the human heart. The earth is not…