NOW

What I want in this moment is my future fulfilled. What I need is entirely other, is the stillness within, itself this moment, always pregnant, seldom delivered to specifications, but timely and right in its essence.  ...

WAITING

What do I expect as death approaches the air’s edge, colors once borne by maple and oak now displayed garishly on store manikins, tight muscles and thoughts that curl back on themselves;   Hunger for inspiration, the drawing in of breath begging to be...

PARADOX

Unspeakable beauty, the snow lies in drifts; soft blanket cushioning fragile life humming just beneath the surface. Quiet contrast: brilliant blue sky, tree limbs cradling old nests and the occasional flock of chickadees scolding empty feeders which must look like the...