i have no idea what to expect here,  what to imagine.   A while ago,  when there was still RAIN,  there was a cacophony of sound of what i knew to be  Spring Peepers that,  being from one of my old lives  my childhood life in Michigan.   i could see no one.  Were…

in my element.  what an interesting phrase….she is in her element.  Just a while ago,  Alyssia left with Emrie for the day…or,  till it's time to come back and pick the midling kids up from the bus stop…that would be 3:00.   to recap the Facts:  Alyssia, the two midlings, age 8 and 10 and…

as with the other spaces,  they have cleared quite a bit of what was there.  What remains,  WiLL remain…no longer browsable interest for this season.  No way to know what will return over the winter months of moisture.  But what is so  just heartfelt for me is watching them  RUN To the left in the…

 Their world extends back and over to the Big Rim that looks down at the canal creek.   Like the doe Goats forest,  this too was dense with growth and not so much anymore.  But still a fine and Beauty Full world of sun Light and shade.  To one side,  between their world and the…

   it has begun.  the hut at campsite B.   I need to stop calling it a hut.  Huts are round.  This, a rectangle.   After all the other plans that went awry,  Plan A.  Build from scratch.  ok.   it will be 14 X 24 ft.    the door at the corner of South…

  having gone off to maybe the little grocery just 2 minutes down the way,  or,  once a week into town,  into the whole world that plays out from day to day in america,  i return.   Driving up Olive Highway,  turn right on Old Olive Highway.  Not far, turn at the first left onto…

  Doe Goats.   12 of them.   Their Forest is an acre and a half or two.   When we arrived in December,  this was dense with all manner of  Plant People from low growing plants to brush to young trees and of course,  all that poison oak.  You could not see more than…

there ARE….rattlesnakes, large spiders,  centipedes in water tubs.  There ARE.  But also,  there are finches and quail and butterflies.  Damsel flies and very large copper and amber Dragonflies.  Brilliant BLUE skies and nights so FULL of stars it's almost overwhelming.  There's children learning and Mothers learning.  Dog and Old Cat.  Young  Cat.  Learning.  Plant People…

    Old Olive Highway,   just down a bit.  On the left,  the land rises up.  First road.  Carefree Way.  where i live.   Today,  with chance of showers,  we pulled the tarps back to cover the Goat feed.  Where we'd seen that Huntsman spider.   Did not see her but did see one…

One of many Signs.   This year's Retreat in Maui.  Ram Dass.  No fear  No death.  I sign up to watch online.   all the years since Be Here Now days,  i have not been able to be comfortable with him.  Even last year…same retreat on line.  This year, though,  …. different.   And i…