Storm Clouds Over ColoradoAugust 2007 We continued on I-70 through Glenwood Canyon, called the most beautiful segment of this highway with good reason! We stopped at one of the several rest areas that have been developed to make the most of the canyon’s attributes. It’s called No Name, and if you are going that way, …
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Travel Journal: Trapping the Wild Tourist
They are out there, little roadside attractions like a two-headed critter, or a zoo of oddities, or something just big and silly, like the world’s largest ball of string… And then there are the big ones, always “ready to relieve you of a sou or two…” August 16, 2007 Colorado Road Trip Sunrise at Royal …
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Raw: Killing Time
Some daysI hate Time… It gives with one handexperiencewisdom, kittens, pups, and babesthrill of anticipationpromises of joyand hope… And with the other, takesyouth and beautyenthusiasm,illusions that were joy,dangles promisesjust out of reach,kills hope. Land Without TimeDreamtime,invite me…I’ve had enoughof teasing. June 2011
Raw: Life’s a Beach
AdvanceRetreatAdvance againRun back…Roar in with thunderpounding upwards through the feet and soul…Race out hissinglike the dying sparks of fireworks and dreams… Wavesand joyand sorrow, too,and fortune. August 2011
Tolkien Tribute: The Fallen Rider
Rider, turn your steed, Set your face unto the distance,Ride unto the edge of all the landsWhere Men live their lives Of striving, hungering and pain… Go ye now, Rider, Unto the happy landsWhere dwell all our Fathers Bliss-enfoldedSun-blessed ever– Join now the feastingJoin now the singingThe regaling of their mighty deedsAnd yours… And tell …
Tolkien Tribute: A Bitter Parting
A Tolkien fan site I used to write on ran a contest for writing dialogue. The parameters were to choose two characters in a particular setting. I chose Elrond and Arwen’s final meeting. I also added a challenge of my own, to write the scene entirely through the dialogue. Father, why do you not speak? Will …
Journal: Reaching Around the World
Since opening “LOOSELY SPEAKING” last July, it has been so exciting to see my words fly around the world! There are now readers from 31 countries, on all continents but Antarctica, with Argentina showing up on my map just this week, the very first from South America. I thank from my heart all of you …
Raw: Winter Comes…
Shadows of the trees and nightsgrow longer over the landRock and earth give up their hoarded summer heat;Winds like weaponswhip the leaves aloftto send them sailingin their final gloryuntil cold moans through the winter forestunimpeded;In heartwood deepthe coming summer sleeps. Sept 2011
Raw: Disconnect
If I could speak to youI’d tell you things,under this sunlit skyand while somewherea towhee sings.I’d share some thoughts, for just a while, the varied odds and endsthat comprised my dayand made me smile.Though I don’t know howor why this should be trueI’d share the sunlightand the singing bird, my friend, with you. May 2, …
Raw: Another Morning After
Each morning wakingyou are less and less in my first thoughtand shame is passinginto just embarrassmentand simple pain. Yet still my eye– with each flicker of a glanceof what I saw you inthat passes in the roador on the screenor in a passing thought– still shies away,seeks haven in any other thing. But there are …
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