NOMAD DREAMING

The sun and full moon hang in balance on opposite horizons as I wander into the dawn of this edition of the seasonal cross quarter day known in some circles as Imbolc, St Brigid’s day or sometimes even Groundhog Day. Whatever you and your culture call this annually occurring alignment of earth and sun, moon and stars, the mid point between midwinter solstice and spring equinox, it’s often a time for weather forecasting. It does not take advanced initiation or education to pr

If by eternity is understood not endless temporal duration but timelessness, then he lives eternally who lives in the present. Ludwig Wittgenstein Always vulnerable to mail order catalogues, when seed vendors started touting their end of year sales, I panicked. I don’t have enough space to grow everything on offer! I considered buying or renting a vacant lot to extend the urban food farm. If the world is falling apart, might as well go all in on flower farming. At least the

Sail on, silver girl, sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine … Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind… Paul Simon I started 2026 with an immersion in hot water. It’s something I can do because I live in a place with a choice of mineral hotsprings spas. Unfortunately, capitalist greed is king, and access to all the geothermal water in this town is commer

Fresh courage glimmers from planets. And lights the map printed with the blood of history, a map you will have to know by your intention, by the language of suns. - Joy Harjo As 2025 spools through the end days, and I am (somewhat) liberated from the demands of art shows or markets for a brief few weeks, Janis truck and I go on little tethered wanders, exploring nearby arroyos and washes, reading the stories told by the debris left after summer monsoon flooding, finding glim