I have lived many places and in some cases I didn’t want it known that I was a local. That is not the case with our most recent move, over two years ago now. From the moment we unpacked I was instantly proud to say I live here. I am mostly asked this question when we are frequenting the beaches, although it happens occasionally in the forests too. (more…)
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Houda Point, Trinidad CA
Staring you down
Don’t get to close, the wilds
Waves rolling
Find a perch, basque
Into the view feeling
The earth is alive beneath you (more…)
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Clam Beach, McKinleyville CA
Like the wave of a wand
You are there and then gone
Warming my face, my eyes (more…)
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Clam Beach, McKinleyville CA
I felt a raindrop, on my cheek and my shoulder, the air temperature instantly sank colder. The sun was still out, for how long was unclear but I was purposefully alone and I wanted to be here. Perhaps I made it, just in time, between storms or perhaps I was about to get soaked. (more…)
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Trinidad CA
I stood here for over 10 minutes, alone. My car parked just up the road on a tight curve. I stood in the middle of the road taking photograph after photograph of mother nature putting on a show. The ocean below singing in wave length tones. A few minutes into this incredible moment I heard a rustling from behind me. It got louder and louder and I realized it was a mudflow from the steep cliff the road was cut from. Luckily there were lots of trees and bushes breaking its slide, I never saw it, just heard it.
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A new perspective, beyond
The fence beyond the man-made
At first you peer, eyes only
Over the edge (more…)
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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…)
The Shady Tree 