Frozen Filigree

Frozen Filigree

Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! If you want to feel small, stand outside on a winter night. Admittedly, I’m not usually out of doors after dark during the winter.  I happily roam the leafless woods all during the abbreviated...
Midwinter Miracle

Midwinter Miracle

Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! These are the darkest days of the year.   In many ways, winter is a time of mourning, a lonely dirge for the beauty that has been.  Bitter winds mutter and growl through the spiderwebby...
Soaring in Silence

Soaring in Silence

Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! The winter is winning. All around me, autumn is surrendering to the inevitability of winter.  The dazzlingly decorated leaves are mostly fallen now, curled and crispy on the ground, leaving only a few...
Of Corn and Courage

Of Corn and Courage

Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! Family photos of the hog invasion. Like most good stories, this one begins in the woods.   It was many years ago, on a blustery fall day—the perfect kind of autumn afternoon when the last leaves rattle...
Treasures in the Treetops

Treasures in the Treetops

Looking for the audio version of this blog? Click here! My yard is filled with treasure hunters.   Day after day, from the moment the sun first peeks over the hilltops until its last good-night as darkness settles, these treasure hunters are hard at...