All posts tagged nature

A Pen And Ink Drawing Of Romance

Pepe Le Pew may be my favorite cartoon animal beast savage lover. But the skunk who waddles over brambles and noses under fences as I trudge, or dare I say it, waddle myself up the hill at dusk – I should know better – does not receive my innocent infatuation. Curiosity. Wariness. Appreciation at a [...]

Barking

  bark This bark, rough against my palm as I search for meaning, answers, truth in its crags and crevices, is unforgiving. This tree has witnessed too much and I, still, so little. Stories of triumph are braided in its grain, and woe. Etched tributaries of sorrow and joy and life. But nothing is revealed [...]

Sea And Sky

I normally choose an aisle seat on any flight. That way I don’t have to inconvenience anyone or climb over people if I decide to move around the plane. Also, I can stretch out a tad into the aisle. I’m willing to suffer the occasional cart jab into my elbow or knee for this extra [...]

Floating Stillness

I may not always like the speed at which my mind is spinning or the aches and pains that remind me I’m not as flexible, in-shape or young as I was yesterday, but there are very few moments during which the connection between my mind and my body are severed. I’m grateful for that. Body [...]

Blooming Mondays: October 11, 2010

It’s taken me a lifetime to acknowledge and accept that I need a lot of “me” time. I love the people in my life, but I don’t want them there all the time. I gain my energy from stillness, from nature, from curling up on my couch and simply petting my cat, from a thousand [...]