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Stan and I, on a memorable sail under fair skies and favorable winds, imagined making a journey together up the inside passage to SE Alaska. Didn’t happen! Stan, this post is for you and invites all of you to enjoy my memories of multiple passages over 47 years on the inland passage from Puget Sound to Icy Straits.
TIM’S INSIDE PASSAGES TO SE ALASKA – FROM PUGET SOUND TO ICY STRAITS Read More »
We invite you to travel along with Paul, Toni, and their retrievers Spirit and Sika from home in Plain to the high desert area of Grant county. The basalt cliffs and dry landscapes offer dramatic contrasts in a unique setting.
A ROAD TRIP TO SOAP LAKE WA: STUNNING VIEWS OF NATURE’S WONDERS AND THE HUMAN RESPONSES Read More »
You are welcomed to to another poem from Nan Harty’s pen. The ODE TO MARY OLIVER is a perfect companion to other FOR THE EARTH posts. Nan’s poem is a wonderful reminder of the ways we are both connected to nature and the variety of ways we experience and participate in nature. This poem invites us to reflect on the times when we have sensed nature in our lives.
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You are most welcome to the seventh FOR THE EARTH posts. This post focuses on water and features northwest “RIVERS”. Whether we turn on the tap for a glass of water or trek along a riverside, water is always present in our lives. Rivers, the flowing link between the mountains and oceans has inspired artists of all kinds. RIVER SONGS invites you to consider through photographs, haiku and quotations a variety of ways we all respond to rivers.
FOR THE EARTH – “RIVER SONGS” INSPIRE POETS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE FALL SEASON Read More »
Welcome to fall when the summer’s colors fade into the background and fall’s colors dominate the land scape. Lee and Roger embrace the season and enjoy the changing colors during this lovely season. Lee’s camera highlights compelling images of beauty and bounty.
THE BEAUTY AND BOUNTY OF AUTUMN: SUNFLOWERS, PUMPKINS, MAPLES AND MORE . . . Read More »
You are welcomed to Cathy’s “world”. She has published several poems in the NESTER and this post introduces you to her as a songwriter. She is a singer-songwriter in thePacific Northwest and has been writing and singing music for 30 years! She is a long-time member of Seattle Song Circle and has made several albums, including TRUST THE RIVER.
Cathy tells me: “Rivers have always felt alive to me. I have gone to rivers for solace and renewal, to talk to them and listen to them. Some years ago a student of mine asked me for advice – I answered him with my best thoughts – and later they became this song.”
“TRUST THE RIVER” – A POEM/SONG BY CATHY ROSS Read More »
Welcome to the NESTER! You are invited to share in Lorelie & Tim Olson’s special memories of September visits to Cathy’s Cottage. Tim & Lorelie together with David and Cathy enjoyed many sunny, warm days in the Kitsap Peninsula area. They visited towns, gardens, restaurants and shops, but always returned to the cottage’s serene setting at the end of the day.
AT CATHY’S COTTAGE: MEMORIES OF SEPTEMBER VISITS TO PORT GAMBLE BAY AND KITSAP PENINSULA Read More »
A special welcome to returning and new visitors to the NESTER!
Almost every day of this sunny summer and fall has closed with stunning sunsets and tropical warmth. Those evenings inspired Lorelie to create this “Day’s End” post featuring a painting, photographs, and poems. “Day’s End” captures those moments when each day closes before the coming of darkness.
“DAY’S END” REFLECTS ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SUNSETS THROUGH A PAINTING, PHOTOS & POEMS Read More »
Lorelie and I are pleased to invite you to read “A Chair in the Sun”. For us, the poems “Sometimes I Just Sits” and “A Chair in the Sun” carry special meaning at this time of year when the days are shorter and the sun is lower on the the horizon. On our deck we often move a chair to find that one spot still in full sun.
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A GENUINE WELCOME TO EACH OF YOU! This post introduces you to a new poet, Nan Harty, publishing in the “Nester”. Nan has written poetry for over twenty years with themes of nature, place, and people. A “community poet” with something to say quietly in concert with poets who gather and share in libraries, and bookstores, and living rooms all over the Northwest. She has published a book of poems, THE TELLING OF THE TREES.
Nan’s poem describes the pleasures of sitting at dusk, enjoying the sights and sounds at the end of the day.
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