Grass in the Morning Sun

Walking Through

I walk through fields
Of grass and wildflowers.
I walk through hours,
Of changing light and shadows,
And buzzing life.
I walk through days,
Of green waving in the wind.
I walk through seasons,
Of snow melting to blossoms,
And to fruiting and seeds.
I walk through time.

When the Blossoms Fall

And when the blossoms fall,
The fruit begins to grow,
And Summer begins...

Not All Roads Are Paved

Not all roads are paved,
but all paths are marked,
by the travelers,
Ahead of me.

Touched

No matter how we build
Our highways, homes, or gardens,
The sun will shine on them,
The rain will fall on them,
The wind will blow over them,
And birds, bees, and flies,
Will rest in them.
We build in defiance of nature,
To lord over and master it,
Only to have nature touch
Everything we have built.

My Praise for Small Things

I praise the small things,
that blanket the Earth,
with living green,
and make it home,
for rest of us...

Rest

Rest here in the sun,
beside the stream.
Lie back in the grass
and look at the clouds,
imagine dragons.
Feel again your wonder,
your innocence,
your childhood.
Feel again your free mind,
and rest here now.

A Pilgrimage

I kneel on this granite rock,
remembering a book I read,
words that moved me,
to where I am today,
in love with nature,
in love with all life,
kneeling on this granite rock.

(a tribute to One Day On Beetle Rock by Sally Carrighar)

Let There Be Light!

 The Primm Solar Farm, Primm Valley, CA.

I don't know if this is the solution to our energy needs, but I believe that it is going in the right direction...  We need to eventually move to renewable resources...  We will need to see what consequences there are to solar, wind, and water energy systems.

Sun Worshipping

The light,
the warmth,
Vitamin D,
the pause
the rest,
under
the sun.

The Fire in the Sky

We rest beneath the fire in the sky,
Beneath the ocean of air and water,
Under the ocean rising in the sun,
We live beneath the drama of clouds.






And a political statement:

Where the Road is Going

I wonder where this road is going,
I can't see what's ahead,
Sometimes, I'm not sure where I am,
But I keep going on ahead.

And sometimes I don't care where I am,
And I don't care what's ahead,
I won't be sitting here,
I will keep going on ahead.

I Saw It!

I watched the Mercury Transit this morning.

I am intrigued by these events that would go unnoticed, and may have little or no effect on us, but are amazing all the same.

Transits, eclipses, sunspots,
comets, and asteroids,
the orbit of Neptune,
black holes at the center of the galaxy,
the tides, the weather, lightning strikes,
migrating whales, songbirds, and butterflies,
the auroras,
sequoia seeds dropping to the ground,
cicadas burrowing out the soil...
The list goes on and on.

Along the Road

There are no straight lines in Nature

Brewer's Blackbird

From the Book of Nature

1.  The laws of nature are absolute, and cannot be violated.  There is no crime in nature.

2.  The universe is anthropic, providing all the essentials for intelligent life; but it is also indifferent to that life.

3.  Life is the dance of water and carbon.

4.  Life depends on the Sun, and then killing and eating others.

5.  Nature has a vast "ghost range."  Most life is hidden, and we will never know everything.