To Everyone Born in December May you always have a fire by which to sit and think. “I sit by the fire and think of all that I have seen, Of meadow-flower and butterflies in summers that have been; Of yellow leaves and gossamer in autumns that were there, With morning mist and silver sunContinue reading “Happy Birthday, December!”
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Santa Rosa Creek
October 2022 Claudia, June Bear, and I left Cambria and headed for Paso Robles via the Santa Rosa Creek road. Claudia was driving, which left me free to watch Santa Rosa Creek peek in and out of the trees. I was also free to get quite turned around in where I was on the planet.Continue reading “Santa Rosa Creek”
Black Cat
Rocks or Sand Some people think you should take care of the big things first and the small things last. It’s like filling a jar with rocks first and then sand. Everything fits. If you put the sand in first, there isn’t enough room for all of the rocks. But what do the rocks andContinue reading “Black Cat”
San Juan National Forest
October 2022 On Highway 160 between Cortez and Durango, the desert scrub gradually gives way to mountain greenery. The speed limit is 70 miles per hour, but when I was child, it seemed like it took forever. When I was sixteen and newly licensed, my dad and I made that drive with me at theContinue reading “San Juan National Forest”
Happy Birthday, September!
To Everyone Born in September May your reservoir of coolness never run dry. “My birthday began with the water- Birds and the birds of the winged trees flying my name.” Dylan Thomas
Pastor Unintentionally Helps the Poor
A Found Story Date: July 24, 2022 Place: Brooklyn A pastor and his wife were robbed during a live-streamed sermon by three masked people with guns. The NYC Police Department said the intruders made off with more than $1 million in jewelry belonging to the pastor and his wife. What were they thinking!!! “Okay, beforeContinue reading “Pastor Unintentionally Helps the Poor”
H. L. Mencken
Bluefish Cove, Point Lobos I believe that an artist, fashioning his imaginary worlds Out of his own agony and ecstasy, Is a benefactor to us all. But the worst error we can commit Is to mistake his imaginary worlds for the real one. What I Believe
Joseph Kleitsch
Laguna on a Cloudy Day, (Reproduction) There is always a choice between the possible and the impossible. (Note to self: It is better to be tossed in your own sea than secured to anyone else’s anchor.)
Ray Bradbury
Merced River, Yosemite All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It’s my game. I pitch, I hit, I catch. I run the bases. At sunset, I’ve won or lost. At sunrise, I’m out again, giving it the old try. And no one can help me. Not even you. Fahrenheit 451: Coda
William Butler Yeats
Whaler’s Cove, Point Lobos Come away, O human child! To the waters, and the wild With a faery, hand in hand, For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand. The Stolen Child (Note to self: I have no problem with guns – it’s the bullets I’m worried about.)
Objects in a Bag 