we got snow here in the middle south, from noon til just after dark.small flakes fell hard and fast all day, so similar to the hard rains wehave been getting regularly this fall and winter. this winter storm dippedway down south to savannah; i also heard there were brief snow showersin tallahassee, on down to […]
Christmas day
after a night of chill, 50 degree rain, today there is clear golden morning light.when i got in firewood, it was almost pleasant outside, so i skipped my earlycoffee/computer rituals and went for a walk with my horse. i have been tryingto comfort rosa with long grooming sessions. for years, i was a massage therapistand […]
– writing out the hurt –
“telling the story” is an age-old human habit that helps diffuse theintensity of the experience and process the pain… writing about thisterrible accident has been very helpful to me. the kind and sympatheticmessages from the e- community, as well. i have had good help frommy friends and family, and many horse owners in this area […]
season’s greetings from patagonia
we had our first hard frost this week- 27 degrees – being from ohio, i sometimes laughat myself, but it felt really cold! chalk it up to almost 30 years in the south, and thisdrafty old house with its skating-rink floor. it is old-house-chill as well as a certain colordullness outdoors that confirms winter is […]
poem “gratitude”
for the gift of a long and adventurous lifeand the wisdom learned with each mistake.for the gift of my son, as he onward makeshis way, finds love,and his future wife. for the gift of health, despite aches and pains.the body’s wear and tear effectsare worse from years of some neglect.yet i’ve made it through, with […]
fire in the sky
it has been clear and sunny for the last several days here in georgia. i knew thatthe Leonid meteor shower was one of the best sky shows of the year. at 10 pm,the sky was cloudless, and i was determined to get up and sit in the yardto watch the eastern sky before dawn. i […]
