(written Nov. 3, 2025) I live in a valley.I work in a valley.I moved from a land that is flat and next to the sea.I am now in a place where I see mountains on the horizon.Where a 10 minute drive can take me up into the mountains.Great heaps of earth where your energy is…

(written Nov. 2, 2025) I meet the Great Mother on the other side of the new door. We are on the side of the mountain but now it is rocky. There is a narrow shelf with just enough room for us to walk side by side. Where am I, Mother? You are in my arms…

(Written Nov. 2, 2025) Standing in a dark hallway.The door I stepped through is closed.But I can see a sliver of light underneath.I kneel down on the floor, press an eyeball to that crack between floor and door.That’s everything. I see it all so much more clearly here than from that side, the side with…

(Written Aug. 5, 2025) At Cunningham Falls park between north beach and south beach there is a bridge. Under that bridge is a stream that comes down from the mountains. The stream runs into a lake.  The stream has a very faint undertone of the smell of salt. And there is evaporated salt on the…

(Aug. 3, 2025) I want to sit like a huge rock, a boulder in the water. I want the water to flow around me and let me just sit. Let the lichens grow. The burbling sound and the rising and falling of cicada voices comforts me. Boulders aren’t easily moved. And they rest. What did…