Staring might be the thing I'm best at. If I'm honest. Give me a good view, a window to perch at, a stormy sea, a field of grass with the wind moving it like a marching band or a murmuration of starlings, and I will stare. There's something soothing about a good, long stare. My …
Seasons
There’s an I in wild, too
It's only 8:30 in the morning and already I'm outnumbered. Besides squirrels and chipmunks, I'm usually I'm the only mammal around. But not today. This morning, as dawn was painting the sky a chicory-blue and the cardinals were chirping away, I walked around outside. I usually spend …
The I in Hive
"There's no I in team". OK, fine.But there is an I in hive.And I like hive better than team anyway. And speaking of hives, we're in the season of birds-and-bees.And flowers.(Look outside. See?)This is a season of pollination.Pollination aka collaboration.The flowers are attracting pollinators, and …
Full Moon at Darkwood
I need to confess something. Because I don't want you to have to wrong impression about me. It's this: I don't orchestrate as many personal rituals as one might think. And my altars are often accidental. As an example, here's how Monday's full moon went here at Darkwood. I …
yougottabekiddingme
I'm going to tell you something about me you already know. I fumble with technology. I send broken links, dead web pages, incorrect coupon codes, and forget to update my apps. I have glitchy internet here at Darkwood, so sometimes Zoom is fuzzy. The list goes on. But if you know …