cleanse

In which frozen water makes us whole again

February 20, 2012 Uncategorized

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit, said Emerson. A photographic review of the past 15 hours speaks to this truth. Waking at 5, after sleeping fitfully while the storm battered my window all night, was hard. I groggily put on layers, washed the sleep lines from under my eyes, and trudged out to the car with my gear. The wind had left finally, and all was hushed and cold but no longer biting. The sky was dark butRead More

Good Yurtin

February 2, 2012 Uncategorized

Today was all about recovering and playing catch up and trying to focus my ADHD brain into finishing these damn reports that are all overdue, and failing at mostly everything except the recovery part. I did a great job of not getting any fresh air, and looking wistfully outdoors a lot, and also managing to wear my comfortable pants all day long. That’s certainly an achievement to be pleased about, if everything else was subpar. The recovery was from aRead More

tea ceremonies

January 21, 2012 Uncategorized

we navigate a wrinkled treasure map to a place that only exists in partial light, half thoughts and half whispers. we have packed our bags full to the brim with light and love and energy to fix the unfixable, our bags so full that we might light up the entire village we’re headed to, if only things ran on courage and hope instead of liquified dinosaur bones. some days we trudge on like beefed up army guys tip toeing aroundRead More