I just spotted a coyote across the creek, running along the bank. Happy Christmas Eve to all. Peace, love, and solace. Gift of the wild On Christmas a coyote came to our fence and ever since my dog has been visited by dreams of running with the pack, almost able to catch up but never quite there, lagging, and so her back legs push off as she sleeps in her bed, her eyes squint as if to see between the pickets, beyond the slats shadowed on the … [Read more...]
Misty’s “Gift of the Wild”
Gift of the wild On Christmas, a coyote came to our fence and ever since my dog has been visited by dreams of running with the pack, almost able to catch up but never quite there, lagging, and so her back legs push off as she sleeps in her bed, her eyes squint as if to see between the pickets, beyond the slats shadowed on the ground. She wants to stalk the ducks in the creek, no leash tugging like a conscience, to tip over garbage cans or to rustle among the … [Read more...]
Let it linger
Sure it's January 14 and the holidays are behind us and we're back to business in the new year. Well, I've decided to look again at some of my favorite things from the past month or so, to relish them. First up are prints done by Steve Shanabruch. From The Chicagoist I found out about his Chicago neighborhood project in which he gives a neighborhood a unique logo and makes a WPA-inspired print for it. At the time the article came out, only the South Loop, Beverly and … [Read more...]
Merry Merry, Merry Merry
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Holly Jolly Thanks to you for reading. Some days the internet and social media make me feel like Harry Nilsson in that "Everybody's talking at me." So thank you for taking the time to pay attention to this site; it is gratifying to think someone (like you) is reading this right now. Thanks to Glenview photographer Kathleen Buckland who regularly shares her photographic work with us. Wishing you health and … [Read more...]
Keep going!
My Christmas wish for you is that you find your path in life. Reprinted below is a poem by Robert Frost and it seems to go with Doug Stener's photo and my wish for you. The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps … [Read more...]