Overhang
Where the Pacific Ocean crests against the cliffs of Cape Arago, lichen-patterned spruce interlock sharp needled branches….
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Pacific Wren: Virtuoso of Spring in the Ancient Forest
My ears are chiming with Pacific wren song long after I’ve left the “Old-Growth Trail” in McDonald…
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River Waltz
Deschutes River folds around an underwater rock to form a heart-shaped eddy. All splash. No waltz in…
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backyards | forests | Nature | Philosophy | poetry
Walk Slowly, and Bow Often
“…and never hurry through the worldbut walk slowly, and bow often.” — Mary Oliver Mary Oliver’s poem…
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birds | climate change | Nature | poetry
Questions for Raven Watchers and other poems
Who is Raven? Trickster. Light bringer. Change maker. Storm flyer. Ravenous.
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Step Away, Step In – a 2022 Farewell
On this last day of 2022, I am lingering in the parting hours–leaning close to all I…
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Winter Solstice On the Wings of Kingfishers
North winds whisk snowflakes across dusky wings skimming black waters in the quickening of December’s darkening days….
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birds | forests | kingfisher | Nature | trees
Two Pines: Two Ways of Gratitude
All things counter, original, spare, strange;Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle,…
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Shake Off Our Heavy Snow
When I woke to heavy icy snow cloaking the trees last week, I had a choice. I…
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Two Roads Diverged in a Wood
Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” resonates after a week in Vermont scruffing my shoes through…
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