What if it were a sacred thing to grow old? If, at 60, you could start over? You could let so much of your inevitable past calve off your back, cleave neatly away, while everything that is your treasure could hang lightly in a small pouch, sacred, warm against your heart. Before you is a golden plain, sunlit, the infinity of blue. At the horizon, where earth and heaven touch, the mountains are waiting for your footsteps. Keep striding. You're growing lighter along the way. Your … [Read more...]

Ground me Plant me Give me a seat behind my eyes Make my vision wide and far reaching Make my feet firm with a good solid grip Let me be ferocious in my silence and still in my movements Arms stretched wide to embrace myself … [Read more...]

I have torn this thing apart...time and time again And found Nothing Hollowed echoes remain Of footsteps past...Nothing lasts in this shattered domain What was it that I would hope to find anyway? Me? Where would I be? In this soliloquy There are no arrows that point to self Save vain interpretations and vile representation Of a mangled belief-based false reflection I then, am left, when all else falls away And is swept away There is glory in winter’s death For I am … [Read more...]

The red pine forest trees are about 100 feet tall! When I go right under tall trees then look up, I feel like it will fall on me. I hear birdies sing (chirp, chirp) and bugs (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz) When I walk, I hear sticks crumpling. I feel very in nature when I'm in the forest. When I am in a forest, I feel happy. … [Read more...]

I feel the sunset before I see the first rays over the mountain. I taste the salt before the Lynn Canal's waves splash over the bow of the green kayak. I know it is going to rain before western clouds arrive and the summer evening turns active and chaotic. The ravens fly in a circular pattern, their voice carries for miles, and I hear their wings flap. Through these events, I have gained an awareness of the surroundings. I have gained an understanding of something deeper and beyond here, and … [Read more...]