Images from each season of the year we have just passed through...
Last year for an elm
Losing a large, old tree can be something like losing a human friend. We might notice a bit of weakening here and there, but till a sickness is far advanced we often don't realize how little time is left, how little we can do. It is good during the Thanksgiving season to think of the ones … Continue reading Last year for an elm
Polio Blogs 2: Getting fitted for a new kind of life
Most of those infected never get seriously ill. They may feel unusually tired, stiff, and achy, but they recover quickly and assume they had a bout with the flu. When they return to school or work, the virus returns with them. But in about 2 percent of all cases, the virus penetrates the central nervous … Continue reading Polio Blogs 2: Getting fitted for a new kind of life
Polio Blogs 1: The polio bug
Here begins a new series for me, partly due to the Ministry of Encouragement in the Creative Group at Bedlam Farm, partly to my long ago promise to various medical professionals to write my experiences for them, and partly because of visions such as this one right below. November 19, 2015 from Darlene Gait Witt’s … Continue reading Polio Blogs 1: The polio bug
A bit of peace
Two evenings ago I tumbled out of a wheelchair and sprained an ankle good and proper. Ever since about 80% of my day goes into reclining in my power wheelchair contemplating ceiling patterns or binge watching Netflix and Amazon Prime. High winds, cold rain, and low temperatures kept me away from the great outdoors, … Continue reading A bit of peace
Subdued still… Paris, Lebanon, Nigeria … and others
This morning I see a goose moving steadily across a leaden sky, alone, strong in its purpose. The muse to my mind today. +++++++++ I am goose flying slow over the good earth of forests, fields, lakes, flying fast and high above ruins, mangled, bloodstained earth. I move north, I move south cruising along … Continue reading Subdued still… Paris, Lebanon, Nigeria … and others
The day that terror dies
French tricolors tug at my heart as they sprout on famous buildings around the world today, in support of France after terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, November 13. No, no, not again so soon after Charlie Hebdo! Why do Islamic militants have it in for this small country so famous for its arts, food, … Continue reading The day that terror dies
The day the leaves were falling
Every fall there comes a day when a fruitless mulberry tree lets go of most of its perfectly green leaves, all at once. This year it was today, after a few nights that dipped into the 20s.
In the middle of the ocean we have to keep swimming
Approaching COP21 ... In Paris, 30 November - 11December 2015 I sit in the warm afternoon sun of the back yard this mid-November day, musing about the upcoming, awfully important Paris talks on climate change, in light of a recent scientific kerfuffle regarding mass extinctions on our pleasant little planet. Evidently these catastrophic events — … Continue reading In the middle of the ocean we have to keep swimming
Falling into fall
Golden ginkgo leaves fallen, await windy transport like feathers stalks nabbed Cacti catch zelkova gold. Bonsai ... now sticks, distinction mere form And is this process not like us, the human, flaring bright with our age, inevitably losing much of what made us so rare in our youth. Yet we retain these colorful blazes of … Continue reading Falling into fall
Rising Over the Smoke 