Winter in Alaska
Winter in Alaska from monica devine on Vimeo.In a few days, we’ll be on our way to California for Christmas with our grown children; away from the snow and cold, […]
natural world
GOOD FOOTING: A poem
At twenty below the moon comes up in blue daylight; our mattress, dense with sleeping bags and white feather pillows belies any sense of warmth-slash- comfort. (pretense):
God Told Me
“Pedernal is my favorite mountain,” the famous painter, Georgia O’Keefe, once said. Robb Carter, Ghost Ranch guide “God told me if I painted it often enough, I could have it.” O’Keefe
ALL Land is Sacred
ALL Land is Sacred. The Chama River These words on a bumper sticker in the parking lot of the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I
Octavia Bit Into the Apple
Octavia bit into the apple. Its core of ancient seeds peered out at her. We are here, they
Nature As Art; Art As Nature
A moment of revelation, nature as art. Rock, root, water, my skimming impressions engage with what is real, and I imagine another layer, unreal. To smell water, verdant and flush
The First Moment of Surprise
The weather report was not inviting: rain filled clouds, low lying fog. So easy to change our plans due to weather, say “no” to the day, leave the raincoats hanging
“This Sea, Whose Gently Awful Stirrings…”
The sea…an earth in motion.June 23rd report: We are now 12 days along on our journey…bringing a boat named Room Seven, a 42 foot trawler up to Alaska. Our
Cowgirl Dreams Do Come True
Vee Bar Ranch, Laramie, Wyoming Hoofbeats. Dust. Sun. Every morning just after sunrise, the horses gallop in on a rush from whatever pasture they leisurely roamed the night before.
Messing About in Boats
“So what’ll we name her?” my husband asked as we sped across Resurrection Bay in search of silvers. I presume that boats are traditionally named