What Crosses My Mind

  • Locked Doors and Open Windows

    I stood outside in the rain, let it wash over me, could feel the wetness run down my back, my clothes began damp then soaked as the tears fell further, stronger their struggle was my own. I could think about then and realize just how many years ago, and today still right with me, all…

  • God’s Grace

    Her waters calm, is a pleasant visit wonder the mystique below the surface. Gentle waves create comfort I admit serenity’s magical journey face. Sitting quiet in the chill arctic air letting my mind travel a solemn way. Only now such peace is captured, a fair mystery pouring a water today. Cloud cover breaks as sunlight…

  • Finding Self

    I read a book the other day, pointed in a direction seemed attainable if. We all have those wonders carry us through the day, a decision in an hour affects the rest of our lives, well maybe it does, at least in that moment. What about another way, a journey toward a risk, what about…

  • Morning Sunlight

    If we allow ourselves a moment to engage in the beauty of morning, sunlight can radiate our mind and body. The leaves are turning watching the autumn descend upon our summer dreams. We will cycle toward the arctic, winter winds. Yet, stand in the sunlight for a moment, we might.

  • The Perils of a Run

    I think I watched her run for years. It was not the sort of get away to which people become accustomed. She is someone that pushes life at a rapid rate. She is a person who believes this in a most ardent manner, that we need be strong, always. This persona attracted me to her…

  • The Rains

    I sat with a desk lamp nearby listening to the rains, I knew clearly the reason why this forest maintains ~ such wonderful animations in the mind, a forest may the soul in peace unwind. ~ Earlier in the afternoon sunlight before the setting of dusk, I watched the clouds in plumes might settle into…

  • A Week in the Wood and a Lake

    I spent the week in one of my favorite places, along the shores of Lake Superior. I camped in the Temperance river, and fished, hiked, and took a bike ride. But the most telling moments of the week were reaching the summit of Eagle Mountain, and sitting on a rock next to the shoreline watching…

  • Humility on a mountaintop

    I sat on this peak the other day after a healthy climb of just over a few miles. What you see is quite a satisfying result of the hike. I sat looking over the horizon for about 30 minutes before returning from where I started. I had done this hike several times over the years,…

  • A Week In The Forest

    To leave it all behind, pitched a tent near the water’s edge, a place I would often fantasize to be a stopping ground the pain and fear of having to survive, suddenly wrapped in the cool depths. ~ I looked around for no one, only the animals in the deep wood, wondering what creature I…

  • In Nature’s Realm

    A dear friend is walking this morning. She told me that is where she discovers her peace of mind. Our world is not the same as it once was, certainly not the last week. We carry a lot upon our minds. While weathering the storm of Covid and a confusing political atmosphere, we can be…