by Louie Ferrera | Jul 3, 2025 | Meditations
I’m a hunter. My prey aren’t deer. I don’t rise before dawn to stalk lakes and marshes in search of waterfowl. I have no desire to roam the Serengeti and bag a trophy to hang on the wall of my study. I don’t own a gun. I’ve never shot a gun. A bow and arrow? Leave...
by Louie Ferrera | Jun 26, 2025 | Love, Meditations
The sun has just risen over the peak of Haleakala, the 10,053 foot high dormant volcano that dominates the East Maui landscape; it’s a picture-perfect morning as Carol and I make our way down the white sand dreamway that is Keawakapu Beach here on the island’s south...
by Louie Ferrera | Jun 23, 2025 | Meditations, Nature
A Real Life Dr. Seuss Tree The coconut palm is a real life Dr. Seuss tree and a symbol of the tropics the world over. The trunk twists and turns skyward at crazy angles, the more extreme of which makes me wonder how the tree manages to stay rooted in the ground. A...
by Louie Ferrera | Jun 20, 2025 | Music
The passing of Brian Wilson last week at the age of 82 leaves a gaping hole in the universe. How one man could be responsible for bringing so much joy into the world is beyond comprehension. Brian and The Beach Boys sang of surfing and cars and California girls, the...
by Louie Ferrera | May 12, 2025 | Nature
The Fern Canyon Trail is an enchanted, serpentine meander, it follows tranquil Little River as it makes its way through the dappled forest light of Van Damme State Park on the Mendocino Coast. The voices of this gentle river are varied; shape-shifting tones that are...
I lived in Sebastopol for 20 years. We had palm trees in our backyard, but an Oriole couple decided to…
When I first moved back to Eugene from Ireland, I lived in a rental in one of the oldest neighborhoods,…
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