The wind and the rain made a mysterious shape in the grass on the hill. We had quite a storm. It looks like the grass was pushed against itself, with wind-surge meeting […]
Wind and Stillness at Big Bar Lake
Within the wind… … there is stillness. Within stillness… …there is wind. All together now: Do you see that? That stillness and wind are one?
In Praise of the Wind
Porcupine grass teaches us that it doesn’t exactly grow up. Instead, it use the wind to shift “up” through over 180°. What’s more, long after the grass has stopped eating the sun, […]
Fighting a Losing Battle with the Wind in Cascadia
Here’s a cherry orchard just south of The Dalles, at the western terminus of the Oregon Trail, looking west to the Mount Hood Volcano. The rounded crests of these glacial flood hills […]
It is the Time for the Flowers of the Wind
It is time for all of us to put down what we are doing and walk out into the grass as she dances to the language of the universe passing through the […]
The Grasslands and Free Will
I saw something beautiful today. Want to see? Just follow my footsteps. Trudge trudge trudge. Here we go… Before the snow comes, the grass is dense. It sways in the wind. Just […]
You are the Wind
Wind is the air, moving, at a speed greater than a breeze. It is also energy. It is a habitat. Humans and cottonwood trees both live in it. It is not something to […]
The Solid Form of Wind
Matter is potential. Salsify Displaying the Solid Form of Wind So is wind. Anything else is language. To know the wind, I suggest you let that go. ~ Hint: Open the image in […]
Giant Rye Grass in Its Glory
Grass is a creature of the wind. Of the wind. It’s even pollinated by the wind. It is a sheath for water drawn up by light. It streams in the air. Is […]
Living on a Sphere
If the earth were flat, she would be half as much fun. The grassy slope would always have the same orientation to the sun, for one thing. With a tilted earth, sometimes […]