c in the stillness meditation wisdom of the Dharma is shared and woven into the nest being built overhead by a busy squirrel bounding...

April 15 - April 19 Week 72/72 pink azaleas, grape-hyacinths and the first dazzling heads of dandelions sing with vibrant color, but...

April 10 - April 14 Week 71/72 create clashes between water, land, air fog pours in shape shifting what is seen and unseen, creating...

April 5 - April 9 Week 70/72 my breathing deepens and slows with the blooming of the lungwort muscles knotted at the base of my neck...

March 31 - April 4 Week 69/72 brown flower stalks and textured pods stand still in the garden bereft seeds released to the warming...

March 26 - March 30 Week 68/72 the worm moon vanishes as the sun emerges above one hill while washes of light seep down another and...

March 21 - March 25 Week 67/72 large flocks of blackbirds have departed leaving a few pairs sprinkled about in grassy island...

March 16 - March 20 Week 66/72 interlocked cogs of two hemispheres pause perfectly balanced between night and day on the precipice...

March 11 - March 15 Week 65/72 ripples created by beavers and muskrats shaking off winter's torpor converge into checkered patterns...

March 6 - March 10 Week 64/72 frozen into place by the soul-piercing gaze of a red-tail then quickly dismissed not prey, nor a...

March 1 - March 5 Week 63/72 water slowly seeps from beneath a melting blanket of crusty snow slipping over rocks wetting bits of...

February 24 - February 28 Week 62/72 a strong and acrid calling card lingers heavy in the air courtesy of an exploring skunk newly...

February 19 - February 23 Week 61/72 a clear night and the break of day exquisite feathered headdresses of frosted ferns grew in the...

February 14 - February 18 Week 60/72 those who study such things say there are no birds with blue pigmented feathers it is a trick...

February 9 - February 13 Week 59/72 layered generations of snow have been building and building thin, soft, thick, crunchy, topped...

February 4 - February 8 Week 58/72 my dad used to shoot them and mark their passing with a penciled hash mark on the inside wall of...

January 30 - February 3 Week 57/72 the snow is still falling at an impressive rate I head inside, protesting muscles relaxing into a...

January 25 - January 29 Week 56/72 the wolf moon has set the mood snow so cold it squeaks underfoot trees that creak and pop with...

January 20 - January 24 Week 55/72 days are bookended with wide swings temperatures rising then quickly falling sending thunderclaps...

January 15 - January 19 Week 54/72 a sifted sprinkling of powdered sugar snow making frozen patches visible along with wintry...