Flowering Sands

Crane Beach, Massachusetts

... into the world of sand dunes...
   ... the life in footsteps and waviness of the place... I feel like dancing...
   ... Hudsonia is in bloom...

A Thin Line

Crane Beach, Massachusetts

A few more hours before high tide...
   ... a thin line of sand with seagulls in repose... slowly sinking into the ocean...
   ... makes me think...
Is this drowning an animate expression of our future?

New Resident

Heywood's Meadow, Walden Pond State Reservation, Massachusetts

Haven't passed along the Heywood's since last summer...
   ... it is ALL water now, lots of water. Rainy season? OR a Beaver?...
   ... downed trees and the lodge cannot be missed...
   The Builder has chosen this place to be his home... sharing IT with all other water lovers...

Joyous Faith in Living

Mass Audubon Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Massachusetts

Of all the birds, Stalking Wolf respected the chickadee the most, even more than the hawk or the owl... We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay... But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of his indomitable spirit.

The exuberance of the chickadee made him our idol... 

A chickadee doesn't look like a good bet for survival; you could close your hand with one in the palm almost without hurting him. There are better fliers; swallows have more grace and all the soaring birds are more spectacular. But nobody flies with more reckless abandon than the chickadee, and nobody flies with more delight.

The chickadee lives by joyous faith in living...

The TRACKER (as told by Tom Brown, Jr. to William Jon Watkins)