Winter fog

“I like the muted sounds, the shroud of grey, and the silence that comes with fog.”– Om Malik As always: Слава Україні!! Slava Ukraini!! #StandWithUkraine Am Yisrael Chai

Festival of Leaves 2025: Week #9 ~ The road on which I live

The road on which I live is particularly lovely in autumn. It’s a one lane gravel/dirt road in rural Appalachia, located exactly halfway between between two small towns. Linked to Dawn’s Festival of Leaves As always: Слава Україні!! Slava Ukraini!! #StandWithUkraine Am Yisrael Chai

Festival of Leaves 2025: Week #8~ Oak leaves

I don’t ever remember the oak leaves being this brilliant. Linked to Dawn’s Festival of Leaves As always: Слава Україні!! Slava Ukraini!! #StandWithUkraine Am Yisrael Chai

Festival of Leaves 2025: Week #5 ~ Virginia Creeper

Usually bright red, the Virginia Creeper this year is more of a golden color with tinges of red. Linked to Dawn’s Festival of Leaves As always: Слава Україні!! Slava Ukraini!! #StandWithUkraine Am Yisrael Chai

“A thin flake of fire golden red…”

Scholar of the Senses For all the great thoughts I have readFor all the deep books I have studiedNone has brought me nearer to SpiritThan a walk beneath shimmering leaves Golden red with the fire of autumnWhen the air is crispAnd the sun a pale eye, watching. I am a scholar of the sensesA theologian…

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No Kings. Not then. Not ever.

Last Spring, on April 19, people throughout the U.S. gathered for a day of protest. That date was the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolution in which colonial Americans fought against the tyranny of King George III of Great Britain. Tomorrow, October 18, there again…

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