Anniversary
As of this Friday, I have been married to the same man for 33 years…and here’s what cinched the deal over a quarter of a century ago: In the […]
2013
Find What You Love
Yesterday the leaves on the trees were clapping for you the wind all reckless and wild-fresh gusting with imaginings of us, of memories sloughed off with time yet lingering in
Poetry of the Earth
We circum-navigate an island hemmed in by the sea Whisked to shore in a frenzy of exploration kelp beds squish and pop underfoot. Old mining camps and lodges left
Thought Bubbles, Random Squiggles
While hiking in the mountains with friends, I began to take notice of how much my mind jumps around from subject to subject on those steep, uphill climbs to the
We Are Stardust, We Are Golden
My brother sent me a cryptic email for my 60th birthday; all it said was: “Arrival On Earth” and my immediate response was: “I Have Landed”
Details
Today I remembered when you wlere six, the first time we crested the hill that rolled Kachemak Bay into breath-taking forms, water & sky & blue glaciers, tall sandy
Trajectory
the river doesn’t follow a straight line pulled by the moon, but roams like a coyote following root skin and scent. ice jams push sludge-brown waters (on a screaming path),
Long Day Done
The first call came from friends, standing at the murky water’s edge. Our cabin-house on the Copper was about to fall into the river. First: “the cabin is 20’ from
Over 200 Grandchildren? Elder Katie John’s Legend
If you were a person, both young and middle-aged, wearing a white scarf, a white ribbon, or a white bandana at Katie John’s celebration of life, you were one of
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Quiet Solitude or Lonely Isolation?
I took this photo of books on a shelf in an old remote cabin we explored on Iliamna Bay. The cabin was filled with junk; an old stove turned on