Category: Houselust to Wonderlust
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Daffodil Season
Such splendid springtime erupting alongside lawns and fields, kindling confidence that summer soon will bloom. Daffodil season revitalizes hope, tickles love and levity strained by months of cold, bloomless winter. Daffodil Season Spring’s proof positivelifts last year’s leaves, matted grass,and summer spirits. Would be wonderful to wax wise about daffodil season, to offer some fresh…
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Milky Morning
A lyrical look at lakeside awakening, a groggy boathouse, and winter weather induced escapism.
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Dawning
“Each time dawn appears, the mystery is there in its entirety.” — Rene Daumal Early birds enthralled with the daily matinal unshading embrace the mystery (and the wellspring of possibility that flows through it.) I know. I am one. A “morning lark” married to a “night owl”. Opposites attract. The dawning invigorates me, and the…
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Wisdom & Wonder
Connecting the last two posts, to the extent that they overlap, we wander into wonder. A familiar space for me. Tracks in snow. Memories of cross-country ski adventures. Traces of footprints in sand. Wandering between wisdom and wonder. Sometimes blurring the boundaries. Sometimes mistaking one for the other. Briefly. For a while. Then reminding myself.…
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Home Away
Two days ago I shared a scrapbook post that mentioned our “home away from home” and that subsequently referenced Curtain Bluff in Antigua (aka Wadadli). Immediate context was this welcome letter. That welcome letter and the sea urchin test (ie. shell) featured in that post. A fragile artifact from our home away from home… […]…
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Homeness: Sea Urchin Test
Good afternoon. And fair warning: if you’re the linear, A-to-Z, plot-perfect type, then today’s post should be skipped. Rest assured there are more “homeness” posts in store to explore notions of home, tidier essays and poems crafted with an identifiable trajectory rather than patchwork posts like today’s scrapbook-y mashup. If you’re curious and comfortable with…
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Trepidation & Resolve
“Always do what you are afraid to do.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson I return this evening to an end of January post about facing fear. I envision a more reflective, more considered meditation on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s words. I’m considering courage, a deliberate choice to eschew fear and anxiety, to plunge into a new adventure,…
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Placid Lake Day
Ah, moments like this. A placid lake day inspiring a seasonality sing song. Lake Champlain’s surface silky smooth, disrupted only by the wakes of paddling Canada Geese. Temperatures warm enough to tempt daydreams of spring despite dipping temps (and possibility of precipitation) next week. Bluebird dome above — with just the faintest whisper of cloud…
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Whiteout, Wife Out
Preparing to share the backstory of Susan’s commitment to our wild, winged friends (and he taste for adventure…)
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Flicker Feather?
This morning, eyes down, surveying the dirt for precocious bulb shoots tricked by the lack of snow, my eye caught site of this bold but small feather. Perfection. Found art. An artistic artifact. Nestled into the weathered end grain of logs slowly succumbing to the sirencall of weather — rain, sun, snow, wind — and…
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Sunrise Today (Minus Ten Years)
What a difference one decade makes! This photo of sunrise over Lake Champlain at 5:55 AM on February 24, 2014 captures a typical midwinter perspective from Rosslyn once upon a time. Snow. Ice. I think the last time that the broad lake froze was 2019. And at this advanced date, it looks increasingly unlikely that…