Category Archives: Nature

DEATH IS NOT THE END

April 8, 2024 – 10:38 am

Having died several times over my life I’ve always been surprised to be reincarnated into the same existence as before my demise. Never younger. Never older. Never another body. Shocked that I survived death to rejoin this life and damned pleased as well. – Lazurus II To hear Nick Cave, Kylie Minogue, Shane MacGowan, Blixa […]

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Blinding Snow – Mount Ranier – 1998

March 28, 2024 – 12:26 pm

In 1998 my father, Todd Shikegane and I toured the Northwest in my friend’s van. Arriving at Mt. Ranier in the morning Todd and I went for a hike. My father remained in the lodge by the fire with his crossword puzzle. In his 80s his tramping days were over. The path climbed through sunny […]

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Willow Weep Weather

February 1, 2024 – 11:20 am

The weeping willow withered with winter While waiting warm weather Wishing for the green leaves of Spring.

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Redfish Awash Underfoot

December 20, 2023 – 11:37 am

The ACADIA BAY 2 trawls the Gulf of Maine Above the Cashes Bank A hundred miles east of Portsmouth. This time of year Close to winter The weather is tricky. Calm seas Then Deadly storms. Today okay. Sunny A slight swell from the deep Quentin slogs through the knee deep catch. Ninty-three minutes into his […]

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Stags Shagging in Season

October 24, 2023 – 6:13 am

Putney was not exactly the center of London, but I chose to stay with Sara. We were the best of friends. Dawn came early at her house. Every morning the record executive walked her sweet little dog, Maysie, in Richmond Park. I was a stranger to the Royal Park, the largest in London, and was […]

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