Writing2022-08-24T13:18:14-05:00

“What do we wish for?
To be whole. To be complete.
Wildness reminds us what it means to be human,
what we are connected to rather than
what we are separate from.”

– Terry Tempest Williams

Recent Musings

Singing in Tree

We must come to the end before a new beginning can come to us. —Helene Cixous Sitting in the backyard, I marvel at this unnamed plant, found on the nursery table under a sign: “For Hummingbirds and Bees.” Its narrow, bright-green stem stretches up almost five feet, doing absolutely nothing for the first couple of feet.  Or perhaps [...]

Shooting Star: A Letter to Janet

Dear Janet, Wow!  You’re a grandmother.  No fooling.  I just got a letter from Link with a delightful picture of laughing fellow Emmett James Graham Bertram.  That’s a  solid grounded Midwestern name from your wild girl child, now mother.  Sounds like the beginning of a country song, or long poem.  “Emmett James Graham Bertram set off for the [...]

YOU BELONG TO THE STARS:TAKE WHAT IS YOURS AND LIVE IT

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?   Mary Oliver There’s a secret name inside you That belongs to the stars Wind, trees, waves, soul Take what is yours and live it.                                                 Veronica Goodchild, Songlines for the Soul     2019 is a Universal “3” year. Three is the [...]

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