Tomorrow, spring’s petals will parade down pavement, confetti without the fanfare of a marching band. You wouldn’t call the bulbs and blooms any braver for withstanding winter’s percussive chill. All they know to do is grow in time with songbirds and rounding sun. You wouldn’t cry out, vanity!— for exuberant displays of lusty color, pastels… Continue reading Living Anyway
Tag: natural world
Dig For Rain
Maybe there was a time when you tilled expectation’s soil, sowed seeds of heirloom hopes, and raindanced under brewing skies. Maybe there was a time before you learned to look away, when you dared stare square into rising possibility, before the rains didn’t come. Maybe there was a time—later, later, how much later— when all… Continue reading Dig For Rain
#irma
1500 miles from home, the howling winds woke me up, banging against the windows and whipping branches. In another 8 hours or so, and through the evening, the winds will reach and breach 100mph. The palms will bob and weave, dodging the knockout blow. Other trees will succumb, and we'll find them roots up, in… Continue reading #irma
caroline ridgway 