Watching in the Woods

Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! Buckeyes ripen inside their protective shells. Don’t look now, but the woods are full of eyes. When I roam the October forests, there’s no escaping them.  I climb the hills, and the eyes peer from...

Where the Wind Blows

Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! My friends, welcome to autumn.   The vibrant riot of summer has quietly faded, the stirring symphony of the growing season dwindling to a slower cadence.  At first the earth seemed to be...

Faith and the Foothold

Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! My dad and I work our way up the Alluvial Fan on our first attempt, June 2017. It’s basically the footprint of water.  Each time I return to my beloved mountains of Colorado, I visit the Rocky Mountain...

The Missing Martins

Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! The martin houses stand empty at Spring Lake. Summer is ending.  Today we flipped the calendar—the brightness of August fading into the more mellow September.  There aren’t too many visible...

Itchy Issues

A grassy hill–the Arkansas summertime death trap! Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! “One mosquito can keep me ‘awaker’ than a bad conscience.”  This humorous declaration by Canadian writer L. M. Montgomery may make us chuckle, but it’s...