I am enormously grateful that I am moved by the beauty and strength of a tree. I have spent many (but not quite enough) tranquil moments watching and admiring trees. Trees provide an unassuming, grounding presence for restless spirits such as mine. I remember one day not too long ago when spring had turned to … Continue reading “The Woodpecker & The Tree”
April is many things to the poetic brain, to the romantic at heart. It even somehow manages to give a tinge of optimism to the incorrigible pessimists amongst us. It is the month of gorgeous signs of spring in the bay area. Hillsides filled with green grasses and wildflowers in hues of yellows, pinks, purples … Continue reading “What is April to you?”
One quite understands Albert in his quest for quiet. The poor fellow leaves his noisy house, goes to the beach, but people follow him everywhere. He has pups to keep an eye on, friends who want him to help build a sandcastle, but all Albert wants to do that day is read quietly. Finally, he … Continue reading “🌲 A Nemophilist’s Booklist🌲”
Time spent in a beautiful meditation of clouds, is time well invested in one’s soul. I am convinced of it. The past week had me sighing and exclaiming at nature’s shows. The multi-layered clouds rolled in, and treated the populace to extraordinary shows of the skies. At times, it would be the shades of gray … Continue reading “⚡️💨⛈ Oh! To be a cloud! ⚡️💨⛈”
The past few weeks in California have been a pluviophile’s heaven. The atmospheric rivers bringing moisture to a state hardened by drought is very welcome. I spent hours listening to the music of the rain, enjoying the gurgle of the water-butts, and the suction-like sound of the rain waters receding into the drains. We made … Continue reading “The Fullness of a Bare Winter Scene”
It was one of those mornings that Oscar Wilde described as “And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.” Oscar Wilde All around us were the signs of a long summer. The hills were brown, the flowers drooping, the earth parched and the rivers dry. Mornings came on bright, blue, and sunny; swiftly following dawn. … Continue reading “When summer 🍃 collapses into fall 🍁”
We were out hiking one day in mid February. The son and I eagerly packed our snacks, water bottles and headed off as the sun rose. It was a golden day in which we stood under trees listening to the blackbirds trilling overhead. Squirrels scuttled past with their duties, while woodpeckers drilled in the trees … Continue reading “A Rose is a Rose”
I had finished my lecture on the unnecessary stress being online gives after the daughter told me about streaks. She had taken a picture of her left nostril for a streak, and I was appalled. “IF you are going to send a picture, at least take one worth remembering.” “Relax! It is just for a … Continue reading “The Sandpiper’s Wisdom”
The alarm went off at 5:50 in the morning. That moment of transition between sleep and wakefulness is a short, sharp one on certain days, and a dull, lingering one on others. That day, it was a swift rising. The alarm tinkled with a naughty smile – “Snow snuffles and snuggles”, it said with a … Continue reading “Snow Snuffles & Snuggles”
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