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Welcome! This is a place to share how we celebrate & deepen our relationship to Nature. Here you will find stories, images, & ideas about wilderness, human nature, & soulfulness. Drawing from the experiences of everyday living, the topics on this blog include: forays into the natural world, the writing life, community service, meditation, creativity, grief & loss, inspiration, & whatever else emerges from these. I invite you on this exploration of the wild within & outside of us: the inner/outer landscape.



Friday, June 7, 2019

Anew

the thick scent of wet Earth: conversion experience anew
banana slug on path
the perfectly-rolled, dried-up maple leaf and the other huge, perfectly-flat-open, supple 
maple leaf
two dozen fat figs ripening on the branches
aching muscles and heaving breath from trail-running
a breeze that suddenly arises, strong, and then quickly fades
the squirrel on the tree trunk who screeches loudly as we pass by
garden lettuce and strawberries warmed by the sun picked sixty seconds ago and now in 
my dinner bowl 
            fresh moss in piles along the edges
            a sage-green, agate-white, mousse-black wad of lichen
            fur-fortified coyote scat
            thin threads of redcedar bark, vertical bliss climbing high overhead
two halves of a day stereotypically blue sky, white clouds, green fir trees, yellow sun: 
cleaved by an abrupt torrent of chunky rain for thirty-two minutes
rose petals, snapdragons, peonies, lilies, petunias
and one hairy bee climbing inside pansy after pansy, emerging from each with 
ever-thicker golden pollen-socks
the sweet images of burgeoning Earth: conversion experience anew



 All blog images created & photographed by Jennifer J. Wilhoit unless otherwise noted. Please circulate images with photo credit: "©2019 JenniferJWilhoit/TEALarbor stories. AllRightsReserved."
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