NOMAD DREAMING

“ I’m restless.Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again ” Anais Nin. I have been absent from here a while, ...

On cue, the first Iris germanica (Bearded Iris) bud opened for Holi , the Hindu festival of colors which celebrates spring, and...

I am extraordinarily proud of this bunch of rainbow chard. The plants, from an early October in situ sowing, survived the leaf eating...

In a recent post I mentioned the Hawaiian concept of a place of refuge, safety and sanctuary: a pu’uhonua. The walled back garden, which...

Mornings recently have been suffused with fiery luminosity and everywhere there are signs that the plants, who feast on light, are...

On a recent wandering Wednesday of wonder where I have been attempting to deliberately and consciously explore various public lands in my...

Just two hours from the shala, by road, is the Carrizozo Malpaís , a spectacular landscape of black pahoehoe lava, believed to be among...

Midweek this week the Red Pony and I took to the road to explore some of the public lands in the area. Though I’ve been to them all...

The birds they sang At the break of day Start again I heard them say Don't dwell on what has passed away Or what is yet to be Ah, the...

Lunar New Year is a spring festival in the northern hemisphere. What better way to celebrate than to launch a swarm, a flight, a cluster,...

[ trigger warning: this post might contain cultural commentary. Then again it might not. Define culture. Define commentary.] What does...

No need for a crystal ball to predict that there will be avian unhappiness today. The birds, including bossy Curve Billed Thrasher, are...

The early morning sun cast long shadows, the sky was wraparound cloudless bluebird blue and temperatures hung below freezing as I set out...

Finally: snow! For two days this week we woke to an usually overcast world and bittterly cold, subzero temperatures. Turtleback mountain...

With snow in the forecast for the first time in a very long time, I take an afternoon walk in nearby Elephant Butte Lake State Park. The...

After the carving And printing The lunar Year of the Earth Snake (begins with new moon - 29 January) four colour hand printed cards are...

Well actually it was just a very little walk in the woods. There’s a tradition where I live to do a First Day Hike across the over 110...

To ensure good luck or prosperity or because I can, my first meal of 2025 is homegrown black eyed peas (cowpeas/ Vigna ungulata to me)...

On a recent wander in the nearby Black Range, I spotted a cave that looked, from my vantage point, like a Paleolithic cave art eland or...

Nights have been bright and early mornings below freezing recently while the winter moon swells and wanes. Trees become Japanese...