THE SYMBOLISM OF THE GATES: PORTALS OF TRANSITION

While the wind storms, the days are darkening, there’s a crossing between the sensing of light – and the paths of darkness. I walk, I move, to the light side from the dark, and from the light, back into the darkness — carrying that light, even the...

THE LONG WALK BACK

THE LONG WALK BACK I was thinking about the ancient way of the forest, back — 800 years ago, when the seedlings were new; and the roads, that made their way there, they simply can’t survive — much as they try, they slowly disappear. The roots ruffle...

BEING LOST

Picture by Dawn (of, and treated by, Tim Girvin) BEING LOST ………………….. WORKING + BEING IN A CERTAIN PLACE There’s one thing, to the idea of working in other places in the world — learning to be there: work there,...

a sphere of light

A sphere of light The most extraordinary mist crept in, unfurling clouds and glowing rolls of fog, that spun and turned in, one on another, until you couldn’t see anywhere. The patterning, only molecules of water, tints of grey, and the deepening blue of the...

The road

The road When I go out there. I’m looking for the long road — what’s out there, the long running. Like any road, really, can you see to the end of it? Out on the prairie — the long reach of the emerging fields, some just beginning, others fully...

Brief, into the forest: wanderings

Brief, into the forest: wanderings Working with the team, Friday, downtown Seattle, then I went to The Evergreen State College that night, to connect, meeting with some staff and colleagues, then linked up with Paul Stamets out in the Olympic forests for an early,...