My journal of big words and pretty pictures
The easiest route to the hives is down the old access road, but I prefer to hike in from the pine grove. The distance is the same, but wending through the towering cedar boles and shadows is cooler. Already at its zenith, the summer sun is beating down on the field. The air, thick with … Continue reading Bees’ song
Summer is just around the corner, and even Mother Nature is bringing out her new, white fashions for the season. I stayed away from the beaches on this holiday weekend, and instead headed out to Pine Log State Forest near Ebro, FL, for my photo hike. It was much warmer Saturday, than the last time I hiked around … Continue reading Summer white
...tied up and twisted, the way I'd like to be..." ~ Dave Matthews, "Crash Into Me." I rose to your bait, and you hooked me without a fight. Reeling me in, and scooping me out of the ocean with your net, I was breathless at your feet. You saw a prize in me, a trophy. … Continue reading Tied up
If only there were filling stations for our brains. Not like a school for “book learning,” but somewhere we can go when we’re only running on fumes. When there’s no fuel to spark an idea. We’re barely chugging along, and there’s no tow truck, no Good Samaritan to give us a push, not even a … Continue reading Fill’er up
I admit it... I love television shows like “Ancient Aliens,” “Cosmos,” and “Through the Wormhole.” All those extraterrestrial theories are fascinating and exciting. Consider it... how lonely to believe that Earth is home to the only life forms in all of infinite space. I get all giddy thinking about whether there are other sentient beings on … Continue reading Harsh planet
The root cellar’s ambient temperature is a crisp 32-degrees. Five-tiered shelves line three walls, and are full of varying sizes of Mason jars. Carefully arranged in a way only Journey understands, each vessel holds a different memory. A gatherer, Journey gleaned her collection from a lifetime of searching dusty thrift shops and back road estate … Continue reading Root cellar
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