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Distant Guiding Light
Descending into winterdeceiving clear skiesgive way to earth curlinginto itself for warmth. Breaking trails through fresh snowascending from...
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Gathering in the Woods
We take leave and the forest fills with silence and evening light. Soon the ground comes to life...
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Fracture 93: Moving the Future into the Present
(1) There, there I see you – walking along the shoreline,the sun is your companion. The ocean wind...
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Another Winter
Spring fell into an early winter. We scramble to remember how cold was last year? How much snow?...
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Comfort Taken from What is Given
I imagine this scene, a snapshot of any ordinary point in time, perhaps not meaningful to anyone else,...
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Giants
I walked in the empty fieldsand fell before the giants. Holding up the winter skytheir gaze met with...
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Finding a Way
Winter smoke.Silent forest.Nearing nightfall. Chaos present.Walls increasing.Too much. Trapped here.Concrete, glass.Nightfall settling. Clearing mind.Opening mind.Letting go. Eyes closed.Energy...
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Vignettes from Lutsen
Midnight sky filled with more stars than we’ve ever seen. Trapped in the city lights and pollution we...
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Poem – Connections
Wandering the fields,a dusting of snow coats mature pine trees and grasses. They run free and wild as...
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Poem – Into the Storm
Following the untouched path filling with snow,the sky and fields begin to merge. The surrounding forest becomes muted...
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Poem – At the End of the Day
Cast from expectations of treeless horizons and concrete enforced cities, we landed here within the forest which quickly...
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Poem – Connections
Regardless of what the trail is made of, it connects us to the earth, guides us through the...
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Good morning from Leroy and Vinny
Looking at the calendar, over a month has passed since my last post here. Where does the time...
Poem – Horizon
Spring has filled in the once barren forest and we witness the green waves rolling toward the blue...