Archive for July 2025
owl feathers
Last Updated on August 1, 2025 I opened my back gate to look for my cats, and something white caught my eye in the dry grass. As I walked closer, I saw two feathers—at first I trusted my instinct that they belonged to an owl. Later, I convinced myself they must be red-tailed hawk, until…
Read Morenot doing it alone
Last Updated on July 24, 2025 I spent the morning wrapped in a comforter, nestled into a window seat in Fort Bragg, looking out at a garden that felt more like a prayer than a landscape. Mist in the air, birds dipping into the stone bath, moss filtering the light, trees bowing gently in the…
Read Moreglass beach
Last Updated on July 23, 2025 People search for sea glass like it’s gold—squatting, bending, digging, sifting, inspecting. Some come away with a handful, others fill pockets or bags. Everyone on the hunt for something shiny, smoothed by time and tide. Some say, “Glass Beach isn’t what it used to be.” Meaning: less glass now,…
Read Morebecoming: my prayer
Last Updated on July 20, 2025 There’s a quiet voice in me that’s ready to be heard. Lately, I’ve been feeling the nudge to turn inward—not to retreat, but to listen. To listen to what I haven’t yet fully allowed myself to know. So I’ve set some intentions—not as rigid goals, but as gentle prayers,…
Read Moresong of my unborn children
Last Updated on July 21, 2025 Song of My Unborn Children Three souls entered my body,over three decadeseach for their own brief time. I felt them—deeply, wholly,in the marrow of my being.I loved them, and I let them go. They came in with passion, with fire,With the mystery of a momentary union.Not tied to time,…
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