Life
After the storm
The rain sweetened the ground,…
Read MoreThe weight
Tired…
Read MoreTop of the arc
I’m going to hang in that delicious place of mystery…
Read MoreCucumber
I listenedas you cut cucumber for dinnerand it filled me.
Read MoreShine a light
The greatest truths appear when thinking stops.
Read MoreRaspberry kisses
We went and picked wild raspberries…
Read MoreHeaven, at 7
The rain stopped…
Read MoreA meaning of life
I was sitting on the deck minding my business…
Read MoreOther selves
What is it to be a baby jay…
Read MoreIn this second
In this second there’s nothing to do except…
Read MoreFearless
If the moment we stop needing to be happy is when we’re happiest…
Read MoreBrown couch
Finally after a long day of fussing…
Read MoreLed
Today I let the world lead me in dance…
Read MoreThe dunes
I remember when I was seven, the dunes at Bamburgh…
Read MoreDriftwood
If driftwood were my mentor…
Read MoreHay, you!
When I climb the hill back home…
Read MoreRoots
What is it to be the cedar…
Read MoreTell me
What shall I do now…?
Read MoreShared (equally)
It’s the same sun…
Read MoreAll the time ignorant
Two people arguing…
Read MorePerfection
The sky is green with storms. The woodpecker is on the spruce. Everything is perfect.
Read MoreWeeds
I’m going to round up the weeds…
Read MoreWe breathe
I touch the soft bark of cedar…
Read MoreBack here
I’m coming back here…
Read MoreShoulder the sun
Then I remembered it’s future to shoulder the sun…
Read MoreThe glories of the gaps
Hooray today for little brown birds…
Read MoreContinuation
I feel the warm hug of the wind…
Read MorePortal
When the sparrow’s voice pierces my heart…
Read MoreLie down
How wonderful to be a low thing…
Read MoreWe are nature
We go visit nature and marvel at the trees and the birds…
Read MoreTo listen
I know the bird outside my window this morning isn’t singing for me…
Read MoreOsprey
Osprey, white angel spearing fish…
Read MoreThe world lets me in
Sometimes, if I’m very still, if my fingers
stop fidgeting and my mind cools…
I wish to trust
I wish to trust, like the wren trusts the sunrise…
Read MoreThe conservation of daisy
I refuse to mourn the death of a daisy…
Read MoreHow things get done
The tide comes in, the tide goes out..
Read MoreProcess
We planted walnut saplings…
Read MoreThus our stories collide
Every summer grasshoppers enter our screened porch and die…
Read MoreThe Wisechuck
I’m pleased to report the woodchuck is back…
Read MoreFind a universe
Sometimes when I climb the hill back home…
Read MoreGrasping
Grasping for a firm future, ignoring the solid ground of today.
Read MoreWeb
As I wait, the blur of thought fades…
Read MoreWisest of plants
The daisy, wisest of plants…
Read MoreOpen
Only open hands, wide eyes and soft faces let the world in.
Read MoreAnd yet
You and me…
Read MoreFlapping, forgetting
Flapping my arms. Forgetting my parachute
Read MoreCircuit breaker
When there are too many inputs and the wires are running hot…
Read MoreBored
Yes, you can do it, push through it…
Read MoreOn being a tree
Is this tree, which stands outside
my window, happy?
Now I am rich
This morning I woke and saw the sun had placed diamonds on each blade of grass…
Read More