Ice

January 4, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Nature’s artistry, not the political kind. Beautiful and dangerous. More in the forecast this week.

Cold Moon

December 7, 2025.Reading time 1 minute.

December’s Cold Moon this year fell on the third consecutive month. This Supermoon is said to be a good time to ask for what we want. I’m never good at asking for what I want, so I hope I don’t get a big heaping lot of uncertainty, lol. (Taken with my iPhone, and it was […]

Deck the Halls

December 3, 2025.Reading time 1 minute.

I dress up for the occasion, happy that the day has finally come to trim the tree. Then, after fluffing out the branches (our tree is artificial as I’m allergic to the real ones), I am exhausted. The nature of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. No worries, though, our Ukrainian roommate is eager to help and in no […]

Endless Clouds

November 23, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I never tire of Autumn skies – the clouds have so many stories to tell. Images are from out in the country and here in town.

A Favourite Woodpecker

November 16, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Although their call is quite loud, these beautiful, bright-headed birds are elusive. I had to be patient and sneaky to capture these shots of the Red-bellied Woodpecker.

Snow’s Arrival

November 12, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The three and nine year olds don’t want to come in out of the snow. The parents are too cold to stay out – not yet attired properly. I feel my bones ache at the chill of it. How quickly our perceptions change, but isn’t that life? A bird’s eye view:

November Moon

November 9, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Photographed above our home, Thursday, Nov. 6, 7:40 pm

Barn and Silos

November 2, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Two perspectives of the same barn and silos before an Autumn storm.

October Drive

October 26, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Capturing the tail end of Autumn on a recent drive to town. The clouds never cease to mesmerize me.

Orchids

October 22, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Our home, with all its windows and light, seems to be a good host for orchids. Here are a few of our plants.

An Escape Plan

An incorrigible hagengages my loneliness –like an assassin sniffing outany scent of vulnerability I am lowering standardsthis history of imprisonmentenabling inappropriate openings I cry for new perspectiveponder after boundariesintending to defend Like an unwanted bullseyeI am pursued on repeatmalice considering mea problem to be solved Who is this old womanwhose thoughts are daggerswho calls upon […]

Making of a Woman

I know that abyss –swallowed up as I waspunch-drunk on darkness Bled as I emerged,each reach a scrape –there was release too Revived now, I honourthat passage, recognizethe making of a woman. (Making of a Woman first appeared here, December 2021. Image: self portrait in ink)