Message on the Winter Air   Long shadows on blue snow Warm sun stepping around trees Life’s mysterious light and dark. ...

    Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.   Yoda

Since it was pie that drew me back to the drawing board after some weeks of lazy-Libra somnolence [and Pinterest expeditions], I polishe...

Anxious to get home from our Arkansas adventure this Sunday sunrise was amazing as we headed north.      Iowa at dawn, these contra...

Beyond a sheet of onyx lake water, lit here and there by the moon, ducks muttered.   Shearing wings above me as they settled their argume...

I've known 'urban' hospitality living in Virginia in the early '80s, but our trip south to Arkansas this month brought a w...

JUST BEFORE THE DEATH OF FLOWERS, AND BEFORE THEY ARE BURIED IN SNOW, THERE COMES A FESTIVE SEASON WHEN NATURE IS ALL AGLOW. anon ...