Mortality: They Will Conjure Me
A poem about ripples reminding of those days of cooking and wine, stories and trust, laughter and imagination, acceptance and love.
Tag: Birds
Just Peaceful, Just Birds, Just a New Year
An open reflection in prose form on the hopefulness factor of celebrating the new year, illustrated by numerous species of shorebirds with a seemingly collective sense of peace and purpose.
Winter Solstice and Vast Lustrous Skies Beg for Poetry
The sky in Bay St. Louis is luminous, intoxicating, and just can’t take a bad photo, so I wrote a haiku to honor it.
gentle things and small moments (a poem, revisited)
Everyone touches the world in their own way. Making my own tiny imprint through this blog, I need to balance the dark with the light, the yin with the yang. This post and poem are gentle and positive.
Pumpkin Spice Blend Bird Seed? Are You Kidding Me???
Pumpkin spice is a thing, a social movement, a gotta-have-mine-it’s-October pull of nature almost stronger than a biological clock, but geeeeez, trying to project that onto poor birds seems like a Big Bad Bird Wrong
A Wild Goose Chase: the Fallacy of Assumptions
A family of geese came and went, causing us to worry about predators: gators and eagles and hawks, oh my!
Hurry Up and Wait
We’re all waiting for the day when friends can once again be greeted with a bear hug.
More Birds Bring More Happiness, According to Science (Thank God, this is exactly what we need)
A pair of new studies show how birds improve our wellbeing, adding to a growing body of evidence that avians are an antidote to our despair.
Supporting Birds on National Bird Day with a Haiku and Pics, Imagining Their Plea
We celebrate, honor and value birds, today and every day.
Sit with Me and Watch the Birds in London’s St. James Park
We are all armchair travelers right now during the trials of COVID-19, and today I’m thinking of an afternoon stroll, a long conversation and the birds in St. James Park.
Birdhouse Mindfulness
Practicing mindfulness, I really looked at this bird house when I came upon it in a friend’s yard. What would it look like to a bird?
Bay St. Louis Shorebirds and Mindfulness
Seagulls and brown pelicans in Bay St. Louis give me a lesson in mindfulness reminiscent of Thoreau’s experience at Walden
gentle things and small moments (a poem)
Everyone touches the world in their own way. Making my own tiny imprint through this blog, I want to write more about the gentle things in life.
Santa Monica Pier Seagull’s Stories – Can You Help?
A very expressive seagull at the Santa Monica pier deserves a caption.
