Thunderstorms, even severe thunderstorms, are common on the northern plains, especially in early summer. Warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico sweeps up the plains to collide with the yet wintry and drier air of the north. Most often these storm cells collide and dissipate without much fanfare. But sometimes, and ever so rarely,…
Category: nature writing
This Mountain
We live at the base of So-Bahli- Ahli. Lofty lady. It’s the name local tribes gave the mountain that presides over the living here in our far-flung corner of the Pacific Northwest. The valley of the Stillaguamish. This was before the settlers came and the farmer that lost his horse. The mountain that was once…
God is Here
When I last travelled the desert, I passed this one empty house. It was along a flat stretch of highway. A straight away nearly twelve miles long. Springtime was busting out. The desert filling with promise. Green spotted the hills and I could see dots of little yellow flowers. And rain. Rain was loving the…
Life Along The River 