Leaves like bright birds ― I am looking for the light amidst the tangled darkness ― Yesterday on NPR I heard an interview with Rabbi Moishe Mayir Vogel about the hate crime killing eleven people in Pittsburgh. He said, “We’ve got to get up, get out into the community and bring more light into this world.” …
Today is a gray icy rain kind of day. I am inside looking over some photographs from the last week. Here is a view from a place where I often photograph water. The creek runs through a dark mossy place where this lichen grows. I appreciate lichens, but I don’t know very much about them. …
12/4/17 While on a walk the day after Thanksgiving, I was chasing after Jordy the Samoyed, rolled off a rock and broke my fibula bone on my right ankle. I am grateful to be able to walk in a boot but I won’t be walking in the woods or skiing for a bit. I looked …
Snow accumulating below Grey Wolf Peak 11/18/17 There is snow melt and accumulation depending on elevation. Today’s walk was warmish with a slight breeze. Jordy and I leaned into a bit of sun with the darkness of daylight savings time pressing near. This week I knelt to ice shapes in mud puddles and settled …
10/22/17 Rain storms are moving through today. Lots of change. Intermittent sun lights up the golden wash of Western Larch in the mountains. The winds this last week helped arrange Larch needles in puddles along the ditch road. Such intricate arranging. I wish I could see a time lapse of it happening. Last night …
10/14/17 California friends and family share news and try not to breathe the heavy smoke from the devestating fires. I wish we could send some of our moisture down there. Here in Norhtwest Montana the snow feels kind of settled in the mountains like it may be here to stay for the winter. The snow …
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