“Thanksgiving”
I am a direct descendant of Stephen and Elizabeth Hopkins who came to this continent on the Mayflower. Their son …
Author Archives: Kate Cowie Riley
A Plant Grows
A plant grows,and no matter what one calls it,whether by a scientific name or a familiar one,or, how one sees …
Water
Ocean flowing and ebbing …
Sedona, Oak Creek, October 2001
Time to take flight myself, I guess.
August, in Drought-Stricken California, 2015
It’s raining. Not a heavy rain. Certainly not enough rain. The first rain here in months. The scent of it …
Listen
I look at your massive silhouette against the sky, your rich green scaled leaves on drooping branchlettes that flow in …
Taking a Moment in the Ocean of Time
To drink it a moment, to let everything else go and to be free of stress and burden and worry…even just for a moment…
Memories Swirl Like Petals on the Wind
Because a flower grew and came to bloom last season—last year—many seasons and years ago— fulfilling its promise of life …
Blessing Shotweed
Moving, I face the Incense Cedar and stretch my back, arching it as far as I can as I sit there. Looking up through the dark green branches against the bright blue sky, I invite its fragrance into me through my breath.
Harvest Equinox
Take a moment to breathe in the still point That moment of balance between light and dark, between growing and …
