The Darkness

The Darkness

by | Apr 15, 2025 | Meditations

  How do we free ourselves from The Darkness? Right now it is all encompassing, like the thickest of fogs. The Darkness has a physical presence that is pure evil, an impermeable coat of armor that feeds on negativity and anger, hatred and chaos. The conundrum...
Lessons From A Hummingbird

Lessons From A Hummingbird

by | Apr 8, 2025 | Uncategorized

Who did you spend your morning with today? I spent mine with the elusive Rufous Hummingbird. This feisty little bird is a migrant and passes through our area for an all too brief visit each spring on the way from its wintering grounds in Mexico to its breeding grounds...
Encounter With An Owl

Encounter With An Owl

by | Mar 27, 2025 | Nature

Yesterday at around 11:00am I saw a Great Horned Owl on the creek trail near my house. I’ve walked and biked this trail hundreds of times, seen all manner of aquatic birds and songbirds, river otters and turtles but never once an owl. I had originally planned on doing...
Take Part In The Arrival Of Spring!

Take Part In The Arrival Of Spring!

by | Mar 23, 2025 | Meditations, Nature

  The saying Spring has sprung is misleading. The word sprung implies something that happened immediately, unexpectedly, as in She sprung out from behind the tree to surprise me. I guess one could say that spring has indeed sprung…if you’ve been living life with...
New Stuff

New Stuff

by | Mar 18, 2025 | Meditations

A couple of weeks ago I bought a bunch of new stuff and man did it feel good!  First up were the shoes. I’d been wearing the same black New Balance athletic shoes for biking and walking for something like the past five years. They were worn out and no longer felt good...