First Snow of the Season
12 Saturday Dec 2015
12 Saturday Dec 2015
01 Sunday Nov 2015
If I could bottle the essence of autumn…
I would gather the abundance of harvests
into a sheath of flavors,
enhancing it with spicy winds from twirling
leaves of red and orange and yellow.
I would preserve the last blooms of summer,
before winter’s icy fingers took hold,
perpetuating their beauty and scent
as a sweetener for my autumn eau.
I would complete my vialed essence
by filling the bottle with crisp fall air,
letting it gently settle to the bottom,
suspending the stars of autumn as it
drifted through and filled the emptiness within.
Then I’d wrap it all in gold leaf
for autumn is always presented
in the richest of ways.
06 Saturday Jun 2015
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I’m excited to share that I now have a book of poetry, Power of a Raindrop, published and available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and through the publisher. If you order from the publisher, the first 10 to order will receive 15% off the retail price. http://shop.ravenbooks.net.
28 Wednesday May 2014
05 Saturday Apr 2014
Posted Children, Family, Inspiration, Mountains, Nature, Philosophy
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03 Thursday Apr 2014
Posted Art, Inspiration, Life, Mountains, Philosophy, Thoughtful Thursday, Writing
in“Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon.”
Ikkyū (一休宗純 Ikkyū Sōjun?, 1394–1481) (self-named: “Crazy Cloud”) was an eccentric, iconoclastic Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet. He had a great impact on the infusion of Japanese art and literature with Zen attitudes and ideals. Wikipedia via Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, entry “Ikkyū” by James H. Sanford
18 Tuesday Mar 2014
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Posted Animals and Insects, Mountains, Nature, Weather
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Posted Health, Life, Mountains, Philosophy
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24 Friday Jan 2014
17 Friday Jan 2014
Posted Life, Mountains, Nature, Philosophy
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Posted Life, Mountains, Nature, Philosophy
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