The Writing Desk

The real long season of winter opens as we “hunker down” for a time of reflection and silence. Even the birds have grown increasingly still in the very dark and cold early mornings when temps are well below freezing here […]

On the eve of bit of snow this week, we move into the darkening season of winter, still in turmoil. The energy of the autumn has not left us, quite yet. Temperatures have been both unusually cold in the North

The vast Aspen Mountain vistas have turned yellow and fallen rapidly within a few unexpected freezes, made more so by the first snows in the past several weeks. The snow is usually evaporated or melted within four or five days,

Even though its official start is still weeks away, autumn in the Northern Hemisphere unofficially began a few days ago with the start of September, and the spring, likewise, in the Southern Hemisphere. The yellows of August are beginning to

Returning home from Santa Fe, after a full day of escorting friends through O’Keeffe Country (Abiquiu, Ghost Ranch, Rio Chama and Echo Amphitheater), the darkening clouds of what became our first installment of a too brief season of rain formed in the mountains before me. Over the Jemez, above Los Alamos, against a blackening backdrop of clouds and rain were breaks of intense luminescence highlighting the lush green landscape of the rejuvenating charred remains of the forest, destroyed in the Great Fire of 2011.   The mountains—appearing soft and lush—transported me to the treeless mountains of Ireland; stripped

During this time of renewal and growth, the world crossed the strange mark of one year of pandemic; however, the pandemic is still going strong in many places due to pandemic fatigue, acute loneliness and sheer impatience on the parts

Now that vaccinations are possible and becoming prevalent we are moving towards normalization which may take up to a year to achieve. But a day will come when we will see the faces of others again. Hugs, kisses and warm

With Chinese New Year beginning on the 12th February, the main winter moments of celebration—Advent, Christmas, New Year—are over. We are invited into the deeper mystery of our annual rotation around the sun. In a culture dominated by summer, though

The excitement of the season is blunted, by the mere fact that so many are grieving and filled with a sense of loss in the face of Covid-19. Nonetheless, the stars and planets continue to invite us to look up

Facebook Twitter Youtube These days, of the year winding down, are exciting if you are living in the Washington DC metropolitan area. An administration transition brings whole new groups of people into the city as whole groups leave or seemingly