Today, reading again Cold Mountain Poems by Gary Snyder. Remembering reading them so long ago, backpacking in the Gila Wilderness with my dear friend Tom. Day one, a twelve mile hike scrambling up and down through canyon after canyon. Early fall, rocks still radiant with summer heat; the smell of Ponderosa pines–tall, straight, cinnamon-colored bark; [...]
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“How many autumns…”
Posted in Gary Snyder, Inspiration, Nature, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Spirituality, Wholeness, Zen on October 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
“The virtuous quality of repetition…”
Posted in Gary Snyder, Inspiration, Instructions, Photo Canvases, Photography, Spirituality, Wholeness, Zen on October 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Suddenly it’s October. Life has been on fast forward…full work schedule, full family schedule and, well, full time job reconstructing my hard drive. There are twinges of fall…small pockets of leafy color, air that is sharp and well-cleansed from torrential rains. Coming back to blogging, I am edgy…impatient for words to flow…wondering where to start. [...]
“These coming crests…”
Posted in Dad, Family, Gary Snyder, Nature, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Wholeness, Zen on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, at least eight phone calls from my Dad. Running the gamut from distraught, confused, irritated, lonely, delusional to grateful. I make the trip across the county, thinking of how he looks smaller each time I see him. His skin like translucent parchment, veins bulging in his wrists and hands, his childlike delight when he [...]
