It was late October when, like fingernails across a chalkboard, the creaking of the unstable and rotting wood walkway below my feet, shot chills that rippled up… Read more “A Ghostly Tale in Sepia”
Category: Photo Essay
The Nature of Santa Fe
Under a week into residing at the 8000 foot level, Oly and I moseyed about with our eyes and lenses wide open. Here’s what we captured yesterday, one day past the summer solstice.
The Loveliness of Flowers
It’s as if we’ve been gifted with a reminder that what we have on this planet is delicate and beautiful. That’s how I’d define California’s Super Bloom… Read more “The Loveliness of Flowers”
Desert Bouquets–Nature’s Gift to the Senses
But what nature insists on showing us, just like the flowers I captured during my January walk through the desert, is how nature keeps giving sensual delights despite the constant assault that you and I place upon it. These are simple things that unite us. These a pleasures that we can easily have in common. These are treats that come for free. These leave permanent moments while the effort to divide us is impermanent on every level.
The Beauty Within
I awoke early Saturday with the word “Within.” Huh? What’s that all about? The light was nice outside, I grabbed Oly and explored Within. It… Read more “The Beauty Within”
The Goddess Seeks Tea from the Garden
Alas, I’m not goddess of the world. I wander through my own idiocy, bloviate when the opportunity arises, and I would do well to observe a flower from bud to full blossom — all of which brings me to tea time. How is that?
Living Among 66 Million Dead Trees
I just returned to Yosemite National Park after decades of absence. It is magnificent, if you ignore the hordes of people crawling the valley like ants, and the over 66 million dead conifers in the Sierra Nevada, with the grey and brown bulk seen along the roads leading into Yosemite National Park through Mariposa County. I lost my breath seeing the death of these trees.
The Muse Pallet 