The Shapeshifter

The Shapeshifter may appear as flash of beak or splash of wing, a swift shadow flickering across the tundra, or Continue reading →

Winter Attractions

The aurora borealis, or northern lights (which I’ve heard a few people around here call “The Lady” or simply “She”), Continue reading →

Into the White

…a whiteness that flowed on the ground and froze into mist that enveloped the world. -John Haines At this edge Continue reading →

December 27

12:52 PM negative 10 snowing sun’s blinding eye peaking 2 degrees above horizon kissing spruce tops like a promise How Continue reading →

Bewitched by Birch I

It’s the last day of August and, like the Sandhill cranes who’ve already hightailed it out of the Alaskan Interior, Continue reading →

A Matter of Life and Death

Holy guacamole! Today’s been one of those emotionally confusing, wabi sabi, wibbly wobbly, don’t- know-if-we’re-coming-or-going kind of days here in Continue reading →

Shroom Maundering

Rain, and then the cool pursed lips of the wind draw them out of the ground – red and yellow Continue reading →

Garden Duende

“Green, how I want you green.” Back from a month in the Alaskan interior where dwarf spruce glowed green in Continue reading →