Quote for Today: Kelseyleigh Reber
In that moment, the moon and the sun shared the sky. For all of eternity, the moon and sun have chased each other around the world. Long into the future, …
Quote for Today: L.M. Montogomery
I hear the Wind Woman running with soft, soft footsteps over the hill. I shall always think of the wind as a personality. She is a shrew when she blows …
Quote for Today: Michael Shea
The wind that night made him feel his chronic longing. The wind, trying to stampede the trees, was roaring for a grand, universal departure to another solar system, a …
The Soul in the Flame: Campfire Imps, Set 3
I have enjoyed discovering a menagerie of characters in these campfire photos from a night my husband and I spent near Great Sand Dunes National Park last summer. It’s a bit like picking …
Party Scenes: Campfire Imps, Set 2
This is the second set of photos from a campfire near Great Sand Dunes National Park. As the fire gets rolling, the flame take up more intricate and bizarre dances, …
Personified Flame: Campfire Imps, Set 1
This week I am sharing a series of photos which I took at our campfire near Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado last June. Looking at them, I not …
Quote for Today: Catherynne M. Valente
“Have you never known a cruel wind? What an easy, balmy, tropical life you must have! I never tease, madam! I coax, I beguile, I stomp, I throw tantrums, and …
Quote for Today: Haruki Murakami
The moon had been observing the earth close-up longer than anyone. It must have witnessed all of the phenomena occurring – and all of the acts carried out – on …
Quote for Today: Richard Adams
Rabbits (says Mr. Lockley) are like human beings in many ways. One of these is certainly their staunch ability to withstand disaster and to let the stream of their life …
Trash Talking: Letters from Discarded Paper, Second Set
Cruelty is a consequence of ignorance. What happens to our world and our relationships when we regard them as disposable? These images by photographer Michael Bogdanffy-Kriegh inspired me to write poetry that explores …