by Louie Ferrera | Sep 20, 2026 | Friends & Family, Music
It’s August of 1974 and I’m standing at this bus stop, not a bus stop in the traditional sense mind you, but a bus stop just the same. After a few minutes of waiting, what looks like an old school bus painted in wild psychedelic colors comes rattling up to the curb....
by Louie Ferrera | Sep 15, 2026 | Meditations, Nature
The Kortum Trail winds along three miles of some of the most spectacular coastline that Sonoma County has to offer. On clear days the northernmost point of Point Reyes National Seashore is visible far to the south. At various times throughout the year, humpback and...
by Louie Ferrera | Sep 9, 2026 | Meditations, Nature
This lazy river is slow and silent like the seasonal shift that has just begun. The signs of autumn are subtle at first, there’s a slight but noticeable difference in the angle and the quality of light which begins to take on a golden glow. The wind is different too...
by Louie Ferrera | Aug 22, 2026 | Meditations, Nature
Finding a hummingbird feather is like finding a four-leaf clover or seeing a shooting star appear out of an ink-black sky. These are serendipitous occurrences and when they happen it’s like a wand has been waved somewhere and I’m in the right place at the right time...
by Louie Ferrera | Aug 13, 2026 | Nature
All throughout spring and early summer the birds in our backyard have been busy. The lesser goldfinch population is larger than it’s ever been and they’ve all been jockeying for position at the feeders. A pair of house finches have been a constant presence. The male’s...
“It was alive and took over our bodies as we swirled around each other” Around, and sometimes through! Comin’,comin’,comin’, around….…
“we were amoebas colliding to create sounds previously unheard.” Nothing else needs to be said. Thanks for letting me jump…
My first thought is that the sign was placed there by the Sidhe back in the depths of time, and…
Well I’m late to this essay, we’ve been busy with a few home projects! “. . . pause and .…
Louie, you are one very sweet man!