Tag: Washington
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Car Wash | East Wenatchee, WA | September 2019 “Let that green light guide me in. Let that drizzle of water mist over my windshield. And let me sit back and watch those wondrous, thick colors melt and swirl in front of me, mixing and blending. Better than the greatest show in the sky because…
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Spider | Wenatchee, WA | September 2019 One mystery to ponder while waiting in the car for my spouse is Earth’s diversity of life. How could the same surface conditions — air, light, gravity — produce such varied creatures? That spider on the parking bollard has legs too wispy for nerves or blood, right? So…
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Mullein | Mazama, WA | September 2019 Mullein is my totem plant, if such a thing exists. I admire how it thrives in adverse conditions — dirt piles, roadside ditches, boulder cracks — and still maintains a stoic bearing. Herbal health websites list it as one of the top medicinal plants, able to soothe wounds…
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Crop Cellars | Quincy, WA | October 2019 You drove for two hours without the ping of curiosity that makes these jaunts worthwhile. So you did “seeing” exercises: Sought contrast (light or dark), pursued patterns (repetition or configuration) and cleared your mind of expectations. You relaxed into yin, became receptive. When the tug of engagement…
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Roasted Veggies | East Wenatchee, WA | October 2019 One of cooking’s many delights is the near-magical transformation of the food itself. It could be the closest we come to alchemy and its search for elixirs to enrich and extend human life. For example, roasting caramelizes the sugars in plant fibers to sweeten even the…
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Bug Buffet | Spokane, WA | September 2019 Ravens are clever rascals. They think beyond instinct and routine to see opportunities missed by feathered friends. From high above, they use their ample shadows to scare smaller birds away from scattered seed. They eat discarded fries warmed on hot asphalt before those tossed in cool grass.…
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Passageway | Spokane, WA | September 2019 Certain places today have the feel of timeworn whereabouts — as if they belonged to the distant past. Step into a quiet plaza, under a shaded portico or through a rustic passageway, and you can sometimes sense a shift in the solidity of the real, a difference in…
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Web | Spokane, WA | September 2019 “This we know: the Earth does not belong to man. Man belongs to the Earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a
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Tree and Sky | Moses Lake, WA | September 2019 That old maple in your backyard might be making clouds, reports Popular Science magazine. Apparently, trees emit vapors that get cooked by cosmic rays (yes, from the void of space) that transform the woodsy emissions into aerosols, which are the seeds of cloud formation. Decades…
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Petal | East Wenatchee, WA | September 2019 Flora #3 | Back in fifth grade, the first guy at our school to ever own an electric guitar became very popular. For two days I followed him around because, well, only rock stars had electric guitars. But then Katherine, the most beautiful and mature girl in…
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