vertical tree, beaver chewn, sap dripping, frozen

blogging as rhythm play

  • Meeting Place

    Meeting Place

    Sky and soil, marsh and bluff, tree and snow, bedrock and pressure, breeze and boughs. Glacier and ocean, even, the geologists say, as the last ice age was well on it way to gone and the land had yet to rebound from the weight of glacier much. Human mind and hush.

  • Apprentice To Clouds

    Apprentice To Clouds

    The dozens of textures at onceOf advent of laden raincloudsDisplaying forceful assertion And In the exact same processResult and author both ofCeaseless yieldingTo what comesA speaker of wordsDares lightning strikeTo attempt to conveyWhat wind visibly wettedAlways says And This one felt requestedTo make verbal sketchSpoken invitationWritten listeningTrust becomes 2017-04-03 22:49 ​ ​

  • Exposed Flow

    Exposed Flow

    Sitting indoors now, viewing an image from a decade ago, from a moment under the sky looking down at a river, at submerged verdancy fully illuminated — not unhidden, no, this is a continual exposure.

  • Not Just A Flesh Wound

    Not Just A Flesh Wound

    The degree of damage to living tissue a tree can sustain and then heal around enough to thrive is astonishing. I’ve seen 5/6 of the way around chewn right through, thinking that three is a goner, but no. This one, though … on a crisp, clear December afternoon jumping straight into traffic really didn’t appeal,…