musings from the marsh...

...mixed with some hail. I think the last time I witnessed hail falling from the sky was in my youth when I was around 10. We were visiting ...

Prestidigitation...legerdemain...magic. Who is the first person I think of when the subject of magicians and the world of magic comes up in ...

Tonight's full moon was gorgeous. As it started it's ascent past the horizon, it was an incredible deep shade of orange. I made se...

The temple bell dies away The scent of flowers in the evening Is still tolling the bell. ~ Matsuo Basho I feel such sorrow for Japan. I...

(My mother in the art room at the University of Tennessee. I think this was one of her favorite photos of herself.) My mother was a painter...

(Ophiuchus; symbol) The Mayan calendar, conspiracy theorists, hobbyist astronomers, Nostradamus devotees...what's going to happen in 2...

Winter is almost past, but in some ways it feels like it's just setting in. I felt the need for a stroll , so I took a walk up to the c...