This happened today. This huge beautiful tree has been growing here from long before we could see it from our living room window. It should have been able to grow for a century more but for the emerald ash borer. The process of portioning, removing and mulching the branches with the shuffling of trucks, loaders…
Category: Wilderness
In the waiting
I’m watching, waiting for the sun to break through the skeletal trees standing as sentinels along the horizon. On most occasions waiting coffee with in hand is peace-filled, anticipating the day ahead, the world and I waiting in silence together. Today as I watch and wait, I am challenged to find exactly where the sun…
You: Vulture. Pohtaytoe: Pohtahtoh
Before you turn away in disgust, never to visit this blog again, hear me out. God made a unique creature to fill a very specific role, a purpose only for them. He gave them a very specific collection of attributes necessary to complete their task. Often, this creature is considered unusual, unconventional. It doesn’t fit…