So fellow travelers, this past week brought waves of joy, healing, grace and some damn fine rock and roll I am still integrating the experience and as the insights begin to take coherent form those will be shared with my favorite images of the week’s events and memories. For now, having traveled to PDX, I […]
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Relentless
So fellow travelers, the rain this Spring has been relentless. I tell myself I can’t complain if I truly intend to move to the PNW, so, I take it as a kind of meteorological training program and I say things like, “At least we don’t have to shovel the driveway or brush off the car.” […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on June 16, 2019
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The Bird in my Heart
So fellow travelers, you know that expression about a bird in hand being worth two in the bush? Well, how many birds would one from the heart equate to? Once a year, since 2006 on the third Saturday of May, I set out on a special birding adventure called Birdathon. Essentially, it’s a 24hr birding […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on June 8, 2019
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Late Bloomers
So fellow travelers, those reluctant lilacs I wrote about several weeks ago have finally come out of hibernation. Given the constant rain and chilly temperatures I surely do not blame them for holding out as long as they could. For goodness sake, it was 45° this morning! Refilling the suet feeders my hands were so […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on June 4, 2019
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Washed Out
So fellow travelers, last week the weather app on my phone pinged to alert me to a “continued precipitation and flood watch” forecast. Relentless rainfall has washed away all my short and long term hiking plans for several weeks now. No fire tower challenges undertaken, no walks along park paths to look for spring visitors […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on May 19, 2019
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Mixed Messages
So fellow travelers, this has been quite the week of mixed messages. A few decades ago, in my more pugnacious days I would have exerted tremendous effort in sorting the squabbles out. Presently, being in a transitional phase as work wanes towards retirement, I’m leaning towards an unusually benign state of letting the babble die […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 30, 2019
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Easter Blossoms
So fellow travelers, today is Easter Sunday and it dawned appropriately shrouded in mist. Being in a bit of a fog myself lately, this mood of ponderous mystery felt somewhat comforting, as if the gods and goddesses of earth and air had gently acknowledged my dispassionate sentiments. Unable to voice the emotions eddying within and […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 21, 2019
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April Fools
So fellow travelers, thanks to daylight savings push forward in time earlier this month, it was still dark when I got up to get ready for work this morning, but not too dark for me to catch the signature white glimmer of new snowfall. Ah Well ! At least the snow brought a bit of […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 1, 2019
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Season’s Edge
So fellow travelers, this haiku showed up on a chilly walk the day before the vernal equinox. Time frozen in waves Thaw at season’s edge reveals Sleeping memories What looks like waves along the shore are actually frozen layers of water Delilah and I have been walking the East Lakeshore Trail at Onondaga Lake Park, […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 26, 2019
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Whereing of the Green
So fellow travelers, its St. Patrick’s Day which here in the United States translates to parades The rescue’s float entry celebrates HHDR’s 10th anniversary pints And a plethora of green garb and deco everywhere but not in my garden. After a brief 24 hour stop over, Spring appears to have moved on to greener pastures […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 17, 2019
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