Moving forward

Climb Up

Photo By: Carrie

Fern Canyon, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, CA

Here again
Looking
up with no path
No instructions no way through
or under

Just knowing (more…)

The Torch

Photo By: Carrie

Burning deeply cutting
Through the noise of reality
The rich flames continue to billow
And flare lighting the way through
The darkest of moments you follow
The sound of the flames (more…)

Turning Tides

Photo By: Carrie

Luffenholtz Beach, Trinidad CA

So much waiting, contemplating, pushing down the what if’s as far as they will go so as not to talk to me anymore. I knew there would come a turning of the tides, a moment when the stagnant waters would recede making way for everything to release. Like pulling a drain from the tub that silent moment between nothing moving and the whirl of water funneling down the drain. This is where my family has found itself, for 8 months. (more…)

2014 at Dusk

Photo By: Carrie

 

Clam Beach, McKinleyville CA

Reflections on the year are inevitable, for me at least. This morning my mind is flipping through, like an out-of-control Rolodex, all that this past year has offered me. (more…)