A Touch of Fall 2021

Got a bit behind tracking life and things to see and do and just wanted to preserve some of the beautiful places of 2021.

In any event, some images from a well known hike in the Alpine Wilderness from last year.

This next photo was from a side jaunt that ended up being several miles long... but worth every moment.

And the shot that made the whole trip for me- a moment where I remembered a photo from my childhood that spurred me to want to hike and climb mountains... and then (much to my shock) I saw the mountain in real life. 

Wrapping up September in more Zen

 

A Classic Moment... Puget Sound

Sacred Space - Alpine Wildnerness

The Mtns pierce the tip

of the sky with

pale blue or green or yellow

rushing mountain water

refreshing my spirit

Sacred space for my soul

a five minute reset

breath in the roar

and river driftwood

spinning in a long 

twenty-five foot circle of inches 

and watch the flat rock

Home in my hear is here

and so on

Come back again and again

Fine or not Fine, Ode to the Global Pandemic [and EVERYTHING else] 2020

The year is such a year as to make even me- tired and dreary with work- rekindle my artistic spirit. 

Am I a drunk or artist or athlete or something else? Do I wander through this moment of race riots and the loss of Hong Kong's freedom while drinking a beer looking out a window watching the sun on the leaves of the trees so lucky because my cousin is stuck in her apartment in the dark and I'm afraid of my own shadow and need a mask to cover my face. A man dies and the painting I created is already out of date, but I still love my friends  and I speak out at the horror and mayhaps I'll have another beer. I suggest you drink along with me and welcome to 2020.

You'll never have another like it.

The Enchanted Forest