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wordless wednesday 12/13/23

–photos by me

Jim Carrey Quote

With Christmas bearing down on us, I must confess that there’s a part of it I hate. Sure, the gift-giving and spiritual side of it is wonderful, but the hyped up in-your-face commercialism is worrisome. Are we teaching our children that happiness is about having “things”? Take it from a guy who knows a thing or two about having it all, Jim Carrey:

“I wish that everyone would find success,

become rich and famous, and acquire

everything they’ve ever wanted–

so they could finally realize that it

wasn’t what they were looking for.”

–AI generated image (had to try it)

second first snow

it had snowed

once in november,

yet all that

snow would go,

and now here in december–

our second first snow!

–photos by me

cosmic relief

the great mystery

of the cosmos was revealed

to me in a dream–

it’s gone now, but i recall

that i couldn’t stop laughing

–photo by me

bad key

one of the letters on

my laptop quit working,

and it’s driving me crazy;

i can’t even tell you which–

wait, i think i just did!

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they say that the canada jays

are true to canadian ways:

they have fluffy feathers

for very cold weather

and nest in the coldest of days

–photo by me

wordless wednesday 12/6/23

–photos by me

the lone eagle

a top predator,

he’s at the top of his game

in the top of a tree–

yet ‘the top’ is not for all;

i hear that it’s lonely there

–photo by me

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ghostly auroras–

long fingers of light fumbling

around in the dark

–photo by me

sunday thoughts 12/3/23

i don’t go to a man-made church;

the ever-changing sky is my temple.

it has no doors, no roof, no book.

you’ll find no labels or shame here,

only profound awe and wonder,

and an overwhelming reverence

for the beauty and grandeur

of the living sky.

–photo by me