slow
Sunrise. A few minutes later, the pink is no longer pink. But it’s so gradual, you miss it. Slow motion. A number of years ago, I started an art blog. Almost immediately I was apologizing for how little there was to report: definitely not enough art happening day-to-day to maintain interest, I realized. Art is […]
nothing
It was almost dark. Almost. I wanted the camera to catch pitch dark. Nothing. But when it really was black nothing, the camera would not click. No photo of nothing. As pertains to nothing, I was reading this great African myth: This farmer would milk his cow every day and get his milk happily. At […]
sfumato
that sucks
There was a smidgen bit of snow last night. Just to add interest to the lake. Looks so pretty now, doesn’t it? Don’t worry, on Tuesday is will be ruined. For one day, it will be warm enough for the precipitation to be rain. Then cold again. Ice on our perfect snow. That sucks. And […]
look close
Do you see that triangular shape just outside my house? That, dear viewer, is a raccoon. Just happened by to check out whether there was access during these very cold times. And a few days ago, on the new snow, there were tracks the beavers left from pulling small saplings they had chewed down to […]
organizing
It snowed a few days ago. Beautiful powder snow, about a foot of it. And then it turned cold. So the lake just now is freezing. Clear ice. It’s so rare that the ice isn’t covered in snow. But this was a coordinated effort on the part of the universe for maximal beauty: soft snow […]
the zoomies
I live in a beautiful area. And there is no one around. No one. I take Peaches out to a mountain trail and I make a trail in the deep snow. The next day – only our footsteps still. Peaches was NOT impressed. She recalled yesterday when we slogged along, each step was work – […]
community
9 AM photo. Twice shoveled already – the wind is just blowing that snow across the walls and onto the stairs. A-a-a-a-h winter. As I read in D. G. Haskell’s “The Songs of Trees” : The smallest viable genetic unit of microbial life in the ocean is the networked community. This arrangement is efficient, allowing each […]
little things/big things
I took this photo earlier in the day. Peaches looks so innocent here. And she is. She just needs to go outside now and again. It can seem like now and now. And again and again. Do you hear a hint of self-pity in there? So it’s pitch black dark out tonight and getting colder […]
before
Water. No ice. No snow. It’s before all that. It’s the blank canvas. I’m reading a book now on Christianity. I know – I’m surprised too. I see myself more likely reading Buddhism, maybe something from the Koran to understand that better, or … perhaps the spiritual in art. But I was raised Christian. I […]
