Tag Archive: landscape

Last Night I Dreamt of San Pedro

It’s a matter of debate whether Madonna was really singing about the town on Ambergris Caye in Belize, but that’s the rumor. Taking a break from I Will Not Hurt Myself/I Will Not… Continue reading

Scotland in Five Views

Sometimes you take the trip and sometimes the trip takes you. Though unspoken (there were no philosophers in my family), I was raised to believe that travel is important. Whether a backcountry hike… Continue reading

Evolutionary Road

I know I kept saying this time it’s different, that I’ll get it together and start writing again like a writer should write; that I’ll start producing work on a regular basis again.… Continue reading

Strange Light

“For the listener who listens in snow…” I’m not sure that artists really have down time. I can take a vacation from work-the-thing-that-pays-the-bills, but I can’t not be an artist. Still, I try… Continue reading

Undying World

I don’t know. I’ve been drawn into a number of conversations with people lately who are of the opinion that we have gone past the point of no return; that preserving our environment is a fool’s errand and as… Continue reading

Alaska: The Literal Trip

“I have seen almost more beauty than I can bear…” -Everett Ruess I know I’ve been away from the blog forever, but I needed to get my legs underneath me again after a… Continue reading

The Outdoor Year

I didn’t plan it, but 2015 was a year spent largely outdoors. I didn’t take other artistic projects forward much, but it was not time ill spent. Getting outside provided inspiration, material for the… Continue reading

The Other Side of Clouds

“You’re sailing softly through the sun, in a broken stone age dawn, You fly so high, I get a strange magic…” -Strange Magic, ELO I was recently given a rare and fortunate treat.… Continue reading

A Space of One’s Own

Notes from alongside the Salmon River… “…who shall measure the heat and violence of a poet’s heart when caught and tangled in a woman’s body?” – Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf posited that a… Continue reading

Satyr vs. Naiad

I don’t think I look anything like a goat, but I certainly began to feel like one this weekend. Taking advantage of the sunshiny day, I rode off to one of my favorite watering… Continue reading