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Advent Thought (s) for Dec. 5 or The Tenakee Peace Prize
Visiting the graves, The old dog Leads the way.--Issa “Two things put me in the spirit to give. One is that I have come to think of almost everyone with whom I come into contact as a patient in the emergency room. I see a lot of gaping wounds and dazed expressions…The...
Sunday’s Walk on the Chilkat (and a few thoughts)
To live's to fly, both low and high. So shake the dust off of your wings and the sleep out of your eyes- Townes Van Zandt 7:45 am (thanks to turning back the clock an hour the sun was up, such as it is) North wind, gray skies, snowing on the mountains, feels like...
November 4 Photo Sunrise on the Chilkat
8:30 am, 35 degrees, partly cloudy, north wind, flowing tide. Latitude: 59 degrees 14' 1.68" N Longitude -135 degrees 26' 49.23" W The sun rose as I walked at 8:28 and will set at 5:01 today. We are losing about five minutes a day until December 21. It was quiet, no...
The Third of November
This is the month of nuts and nutty thoughts- that November whose name sounds so bleak and cheerless-- perhaps it is that the harvest of thought is worth more than all the other crops of the year.-- Henry David Thoreau 37 degrees, drizzle, calm, low tide. Today is...
All Souls’ Day, November 2 on the Chilkat
It's got to be more than flesh and bone, all that you love is all that you own. -Tom Waits from his song Take it With Me 9:35am, 33 degrees, low tide, north wind. I love the idea of morning work that begins with the date, time and weather. I do that in my journal, and...
November Walks
"Let us bless the imagination of the Earth"- John O'Donohue I have decided to post a picture of my morning walk every day in November. I may post some from other times of day too, and some that are sort of linked to walks, if that's okay? The world is so hard right...
Sunday’s Poem
Here is a poem by Aurora Levins Morales called Summons. This was shared with me today by my neighbor Aaron Davidman and now I share it with you, from a grandmother's heart-- Also, Aaron wrote and starred in the film Wrestling Jerusalem that I highly recommend...