On this last day of our family gathering over Thanksgiving, flocks are on my mind and the way of birds finding safety, comfort, conversation, food, and shuffling wings to create room for one another.
In one of the many insightful passages in Helen Whybrow’s melodius book, The Salt Stones, Seasons of…
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If I were closing my eyes and reaching into a bag of candy to feel for a favorite, like a chocolate peanut butter cup, I think I’d also wish for —Fortitude. In that spirit, I’ll share my piece and then wander outside into our yard on a cool, gray day and turn to the two Steller’s Jays–bold, blue, and unafraid to speak up LOUD.
I choose the trail-less way of curiosity over destination, the Henry David Thoreau way.
I’m grateful to be part of an online autumn ekphrastic poetry group of creative and giving women. (The art images follow each poem). Our supportive group lost a gifted, generous, kind, brave, and progressive poet last week to cancer. We are feeling sorrow, even as we keep putting our voices out into this world to make a difference as Jenn would have wanted.
September, 2025 News: I joined two other presenters on the Oregon Wild webinar, “Defending Roadless Wildlands, Oregon’s Wild Heart” and on a…
A Gift of Autumn Equinox Wes and I are canoeing on Elk Lake in the company of…
Marina Richie is this year’s juror for the Wyoming Arts Council 2026 Memorial Writing Awards.
“A road is a dagger placed in the heart of a wilderness” – William O. Douglas, Supreme…
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