March 2022 This is Geoff Kersey’s watercolor lesson #12. Jack and I go to Cricket Hollow Park when the weather is warm just to watch Kings River amble by. In the spring, the snow melt speeds up the ambling, which makes me wonder: Do rivers like to be rushed? If I’m in the mood toContinue reading “Kings River”
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Cambria Pine
March 2022 Note to self: Well-meaning suggestions from kind-hearted people can be a real drag; I mean, it’s so tiring having to fend them off.
A City of Two Tales
August 2020 To humans, these tide pools are rocks, pebbles, and puddles of water. But to the little critters than inhabit them, they are mountains and valleys, rivers and lakes. However, the sky above looks the same from either perspective. People can look at the world and see different things. They tell two different storiesContinue reading “A City of Two Tales”
Throne of Games
June 2022 This is the state capitol building in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is similar in appearance to other state capitols – even the national capitol building in Washington, D. C. I think capitol buildings are also similar in content, by what goes on inside. When I look at a building like this, IContinue reading “Throne of Games”
Purple Bear
Being Purple. It’s not easy being purple in a red and blue world. In a black and white world, it’s not easy being a shade of grey. There are maybes in a world of yes or no; there are sometimes in a world of always or never. And can be harder to find than or,Continue reading “Purple Bear”
The War of Winds
Memorial Day There is a house in my neighborhood that flies six flags, including the American flag. The other flags sport political statements and symbols – not a flower or puppy in sight. (My gut tells me to steer clear of this house.) People do that – fly flags, I mean. The American flag isContinue reading “The War of Winds”
Moon Over Red Mountain
November 2022 My friends and I were driving from Silverton to Durango. It was dark, and it was snowing. There was a full moon, so naturally we howled. (Actually, we were singing, but who could tell the difference?) The moonlight illuminated the falling snow. We decided it would be cool if we drove through theContinue reading “Moon Over Red Mountain”
Mountain Clouds
November 2022 The last time I saw Yosemite looking like this I was on a bike in the pouring rain, wearing a blue rain slicker, watching the deer in the meadow. (Note to self: Rain is very noisy when it falls on plastic right next to your ear. ) I didn’t mind the rain makingContinue reading “Mountain Clouds”
Happy Birthday, December!
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!”
The Wrath of Grapes
Clouds Over the Vineyard The sticker in the window stated “My Governor is an Idiot.” Sheesh! What kind of person puts that on display? What thoughts and feelings prompted someone to make that sticker, another person to sell it, and another person to buy it? I mean, what the hey? I guess there is nothingContinue reading “The Wrath of Grapes”
Objects in a Bag 