BurningbirdWe’ve had a thunderstorm two nights in a row. The first night, I was awoken, terrified, out of a sound sleep from a horrible explosion that shook the entire building. It seemed to go on and on, and I thought at first it was a tornado. I lay in bed terrified, unable to move, my […]
For some, Spring means planting seeds, for others the first flower, baby bunnies and birds, or warm breezes. For me, Spring is here with the first thunderstorm of the season. Our first one just rolled in tonight. (From NOAA Lightning photo album)
Farrago has been introducing us to her home in a series of photographic essays from out and about in Sea Point, South Africa. If you’ve never had a chance to see Farrago’s photographs, you need to take some time, now, and look around; especially if you’re in the northern hemisphere and facing snow, sleet, and frozen rain like […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. One unusual quality to weblogging is reading about summer fires one day, and major ice storms the next. I must check my map before calling out greetings to friends, such as “Stay cool” to Jonathon and Victor; and “Stay warm” to Ryan, Sharon, and Jeneane. As for me? I exist in a perfect state of being at this one moment, […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Another posting from last year, wrote while looking out on palm trees and bare streets, walkers in shorts. This year, I repost these words while looking out at white flakes falling past my window, covering the ground. What is it about falling snow that makes one reflective, somehow wistful and […]