Wood Song

"What harvests await those taking shelter in the groves?"

 You’re a sight for sore eyes I believe she said,It had been a while (she was reading my head),Indeed it has I replied, face redMy heart pounding fiercely, (I pictured her bed). I missed you completely she cooed so demure,She scanned...

A Broken Man

"A hike on the AT finds love and healing."

I was broken, not broken like the "Need Help Guy" standing at an intersection. Broken in the sense of being lost inside. It wasn't like my life was in a shambles or anything. I had a great job, a great...

Martha Needs Nature

"and Nature Needs Martha"

Gaia held out her hand and Giselle took it and stood up. The view of the incredible winter scene wavered a bit and suddenly they were in a beautiful meadow not far from the edge of a small town. Giselle...

Our story is piano music,Sonata-Allegro. Exposition.You drew me into your life,Rescued me from a parched land.The touch of your kiss was a tilt of your hand,Water cascades down my throat,And to you does my heart devote. A decisive beginning,The chords sing clear.Fingers...

The Picnic

"Three friends, while communing with nature, have a memorable summer picnic."

It was July seventeenth and the day of our group’s annual picnic.Ever since we’d graduated from college ten years ago we’d had a summer picnic. The first one had been to blow off steam the weekend after we’d learned that...

The Day Hike

"A group of hikers have a day out in nature"

It had been unseasonably warm and sunny that morning as we pulled to the side of the road, next to a faded red dash painted on a tree. The three girls quickly got out of the car, eager for the...