Snow grows where yellow leaves fall, to the heights of skunk cabbage along winding mountain trails. Wind blowing in a ravage, the trees dance inside it all. Through thick sheets of hardened ice spring blades of defiant green, a bluebird sky’s beckoning. From the ache of such stillness to the pain of new movement, the… Continue reading The Rhythm of It All
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Sound Deck
Late at night, I go out to the deck to smoke a cigarette and soak in starlight before bed. The downstairs neighbor’s music fills the air with temple bells, Tibetan bowls on repeat— lullaby romanticizing this view of unpolluted constellations and magical Whetstone mountain. A midnight cyclist surfs the Nordic track, tires humming like a… Continue reading Sound Deck
Swamps to Mountains 