The rain comes down, filling the streets and ditches with water. In the sky above, clouds circle a petulant moon, hiding its face. The chill air belies the summer date, heat following cold. Outside, every plant soaks up as much…
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Golden Respite
Tagged with: bee, desert, desert rain, Haibun, lavendar, nature, peace, rain, reflection, silence, silent life, truck
Posted in Poetry
Posted in Poetry
Nourishing Life
Every day we as humans eat and drink, walk around in the sun, and breathe as best we can. All of those things go to nourishing our bodies as well as sometimes our spirits and minds. What then do we…
Ghosts in Sunlight
The Sun emerges. Ghosts lurk at the edge of view, Shackles to the past.
Personal Retreats
This week’s Retreat highlight is less a specific place and more an ideal. The Retreat started as a small garden getaway in my life, someplace to rest, relax, and recuperate along with friends and family. While I would have loved…
Tagged with: escapism, garden, garden retreat, gardening, hermatige, individual, personal retreat, reflection, retreat, SecondLife, solitude
Posted in Locations
Posted in Locations
Guerrilla Gardening
Civil disobedience, in many forms, can be seen in the actions of Gandhi, Rev. King, Thoreau, etc. It has taken many forms ranging from the violent protests of the 1960’s counter culture to Home Rule to the more recent Arab…
Tagged with: civil disobedience, garden, gardening, Ghandi, guerrilla gardening, Liz Christy, nature, peace, Rev. King, self, spring, symbology
Posted in Gardening and Nature, Informaitional
Posted in Gardening and Nature, Informaitional
New Look
Over the past few days, the Retreat has been on again, off again. This was primarily due to a refurbishment of not only the style but the content of the pages. I have made much of the site more accessible…
Tagged with: Desert Panda, moving forward, new content, refurbishment, retreat, upgrade
Posted in Informaitional
Posted in Informaitional
Contentment
Fatigue, stress, and worry are seemingly part and parcel of the modern world. We, especially as Americans, exists in an almost constant state of pursuit (of life, love, happiness, career, money, etc.). Unlike many of the self-help books of the…
Tagged with: community, contentment, emotions, happiness, journey, life, live int he moment, love, moving forward, pathway
Posted in Musings
Posted in Musings
Thunderous Consequences
Thunder cracks the night Spring hill drenched in fiery damp Wind in ragged sigh
Nian Xióng Hall 