A caretaker…she had asked me about…how I feel about…prayer. The room enclosed, sterile, without flair. I bounce the question around my mind like kick balls fluctuating against a solid wall. Where was the ‘good doctor’ going? She knew my truth…yet, … Continue reading Prayer
Nature has a way of deciding what can stay….what can go! She layers her decisions in the colors of dignity. An evergreen, regardless of age, size or piney color understands…no day is a given. Continue reading Only Natural
We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us. Even while the earth sleeps we travel. We are the seeds of the tenacious plant, … Continue reading We Wanderers
No way to know these woods well, to assume, they are my friends. No way to examine sacrificed buildings, to know if they have a hand to lend. ≥ While routine holds fast to my wandering eye. The … Continue reading Naturalist Christmas
A long time ago when the Cherokee people were new upon the earth, they thought that life would be much better if there was never any night. They beseech ed the Ouga (Creator) that it might be day all the time and that there would be no darkness. The Creator heard their voices and made the night cease and it was day all the time. Soon, the forest was thick with heavy growth. It became difficult to walk and to find the path. The people toiled in the gardens many long hours trying to keep the weeds pulled from among … Continue reading Careful What You Wish For
