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There may be nothing healthier you could do

My son and I were arguing about which device could take a better picture; either my Nikon D3300 or his iPhone 6s.  The rules were simple: we’d find a subject, snap some pics, and then ask a couple of people… Continue Reading →

Some pics from a day of self-care

Whenever I’m about to give a talk, I have this need to get to the mountains and take in the energy from the natural world.  Really, it’s self-care for me and I strongly recommend taking time to just experience the… Continue Reading →

A moment with a hawk was a prayer

Life presents so many opportunities to commune with God’s creation that there’s not enough time in the day to experience it all.  On my way home to grab a bite, I saw this hawk on a light pole and I… Continue Reading →

A crack addict and his cactus cops — a recovery story

“The last time, I threw it as hard as I could, only, I didn’t watch to see where it landed. I turned around the very second I felt it leave my hand and walked away from crack for good. That… Continue Reading →

A signal of hope

Almost nothing signals hope like a hawk hunting on a cold gray day…my spirit animal is strong against the bitter wind — I hope I can always be strong in the face of my own life storms and I hope… Continue Reading →

the last survivors [poem]

they are the last survivors, these branches. ancestral fingers reaching for the sky, grabbing wind-stories, they’ve grown rigid, almost dead, like relics of gods it is touching, the way they hope   several generations speak at their tips simply to… Continue Reading →

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