Guard the water
Sitting by the creek, I watch Nature’s endless supply unfold. The current never stops. More always comes to replace what has drifted downstream.
Another Season, Another Offering
On this day, the fall season swarms in to start refreshing the scene. Leaves drop; fruits ripens and fall from the vine; bees scramble to capture the last of the pollen; geese gather to prepare for their annual trip to warmer fields. Some people love fall. I prefer spring. The difference is that I favor…
Cool, Quiet Relief
It was a rough week. It’s the first time I can remember being exposed to a 112-degree, “feel-like” temperature. Dew points remained in the upper 70s for days. I had to abandon my upstairs office because, in the absence of upstairs air conditioning, I could not concentrate in the stuffiness of 93 degrees. Today is…
Short-Term Thinking
On my last post I wrote about humankind’s limited patience for Nature’s timeline. Today (on this longest day of the year) I give you another stark example of such eternal reckoning. I captured the following photos during my recent exploration of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in New York’s Hudson River Valley. First, they show the importance…
Erasing the Destruction
Were these tears of joy for life spared or sorrow for life lost? The emotional reality was that her house was still standing — that my dear friend and others survived — fully encircled by the death of nearly every tall tree nearby. They said it lasted only a few minutes. I had been…