AliDec 24, 20212 minMidwinterI had a thought last night, the end of the first day after the longest night, "What if last night really was the longest night?"...
AliNov 24, 20212 minShadows, ReflectionsWalking at the water's edge one afternoon, I notice a crow. Having learned surprising things about crows, I have come to love and...
AliOct 29, 20211 minInvitationA few months into my first autumn in Oregon, so much is fresh. My familiars had been the Aspens, the sole proprietors of changing color...
AliOct 25, 20212 minInnocent TempestAll morning there has been talk of a storm coming. The changing sky affirms it. The blue brightness is shifting to a heavy purple/gray. I...
AliMay 8, 20212 minOnly Seven!At the end of the work day, Wednesday, I was experiencing the weariness from feeling machine-like; disconnected from myself, and...
AliMar 8, 20213 minI cant hear you, you're muted!I have moved from my home of more than 20 years, two miles high in the Rocky Mountains, to the forested edge of the wild Oregon Coast. ...
AliDec 18, 20203 minLandingI have felt the ache of leaving Colorado, the highest town there, Leadville, the complete, naked adventure of Saint Georges, and raising...
AliJul 19, 20201 minMorning musingsI am reading John O’Donoghue‘s book eternal echoes. “... there is a resonant heart in the depths of silence“ he says this in reference to...
AliMar 19, 20203 minDon't Dock Yet!This morning, I learned that "Quarantine", a term with which we are all becoming familiar, is a shipping term. The word has a root...
AliMar 2, 20203 minEmerging from the Cave It has been so long since I wrote on this blog, I don't remember the "me" who wrote last time. But I do know that I haven't had a way to...
AliSep 15, 20193 minThe Sincerity of Uncertainty I am surprised to find the beginning chill of Fall to be comforting. My diagnosis became clear a year ago, as August turned to...
AliJul 4, 20192 minSurpriseAfter a sluggish morning, ruminating on all the scary things that could be, and feeling all manner of weirdness in this body, I decided I...
AliJun 17, 20193 minI'm here and awake. Just sayin'...I want to be seen today. Up until now, I have kept my bald head covered, because of the cold, but also because it seemed to say,...
AliJun 2, 20193 minshores and open waterI haven't known what to write, and hence have left many questions for my friends and support to guess about. I have been inarticulating...
AliMay 12, 20192 minSteadyI remember when Hannah and Lara were young, we often went to the folks festival in Lyons Colorado. We would cool off in the St Vrain...
AliMay 5, 20192 minBreathing Room For three months, I have not had the pleasure of eating food. I have been fed by a feeding tube. I have been able to drink liquids, but...
AliApr 28, 20192 min"From and Into"I've gotten a few requests this week for an update. It's nice to feel your caring in that request.... a reminder that I am connected in...
AliApr 21, 20192 minIt was always thereTwo weeks ago, this was a stick, a dry branch; brittle, seemingly empty of life after a winter that stripped its essence from view, sent...
AliApr 5, 20192 minCrocuses!!I've found great comfort in the power of Spring. You just cant argue with it! Stepping outside to find these amazing flowers which, by...
AliFeb 27, 20191 minCraving PizzaA series of events this month, including surgery for a bowel blockage and another hospital stay a week later, revealing that my body is...