Writing

Dissipating clouds: Remembering the pronghorn

Sometimes you can be trudging along with a little dark cloud hovering over your head and you almost walk by…

9 years ago

Desert Bitterroot Oasis

Oasis Moment Oasis moments sometimes happen in the desert. While hiking to Chimney Rock near Prineville, Oregon, we came across…

10 years ago

Desert Sky

Painted skies Sky. Where I live in central Oregon, it's big and bold. The sky is rarely shrouded in shades…

10 years ago

Optimism in a single flower – Inspiration

Carnation, Dianthus sp. Some put everything they have into making the world a better place.

10 years ago

Easter cottontail

In the sagebrush sea Where bunchgrass waves in the wind Alone he grazes Nose twitching, large eyes gazing Cottontail punctuating

10 years ago

Winter… : A poem of the season

Winter... Mutes colors Softens edges Highlights textures Blankets the sleeping

10 years ago

Antique Thoughts

Things I've learned while antiquing that apply to life... You can find wonderful and amazing things if you just remember to look…

10 years ago

Winter Sunrise captured in words and visions

Winter Sunrise Cool snowy blanketsBoldly contrasting branchesFrame an immense skyBlinking awake in deep blueBlushing in flashes of fire

10 years ago

Twittering – A bird showing me history

His twittering voice kept leading me on through the wilderness. It seemed like every time I raised my binoculars to…

10 years ago

Green – in vibrant images and words

Green Verdant and vibrantCool and calm

10 years ago

New Year: An optimistic reflective poem

Black-tailed Deer. Olympic National Park, WA As the new year approachesYou can choose to look down and backOr up and…

10 years ago

Chickaree

  Agile climbers Mischievous thieves Scolder of treetops Digger under leaves

10 years ago

Jays – A bird always a part of my life

Blue Jay Jays have insisted on being a part of my life since I was a young child. They are…

10 years ago

Clouds

Clouds... Obscure what was once clear Release things that burden them Blanket the cold nights Shine brightness on what’s to…

10 years ago

Bat Haiku

Flyer of the dusk Pursuer of six-legged Caller of echoes

11 years ago

A fluttering of wings: Townsend’s solitaire

A fluttering of wings draws my attention. Looking out of my window, I see a Townsend's solitaire beating its wings…

11 years ago

Fall’s Laughter

Fall begins with joyous laughter and warm caresses that Nod and wink as they cloak you with a touch of…

11 years ago

Branches

Cling on to leaves all seasons Brilliant leaves dropping in fall Profusions of big, bold flowers Flowers that are quiet…

11 years ago

Cedar waxwings – Smooth, elegant birds

I moved to the high desert a couple of years ago and thought I left some of my favorite friends…

11 years ago

Listen to the smallest voices in Nature

Listen to the smallest voices for they often have the most to say. (Close-up of heat loving thermophiles near Dragon's…

11 years ago

Chatter

Black and white and full of chatter. No, it’s not a newspaper; it's a bird. Distinctive black and white plumage…

11 years ago

Time

The twists and turns of time can ravage one or make them into a thing of beauty.

11 years ago