The red-winged blackbirds, our glorious winter friends, seem to exalt in the sunny, cold, windy weather today. Great flocks, flying in ocean-like waves up to the cedars where they settle; then, in a g… more →
Turtle Rock Farmpathoerth wrote 15 hours ago: The red-winged blackbirds, our glorious winter friends, seem to exalt in the sunny, cold, windy weat … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 day ago: In his book Anam Cara, the late John O’Donohue quotes a friend who is aware of the spiritual v … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 week ago: Sunday evening walk south down muddy gray road, chilly mist at my back. Wet prairie grasses, darkene … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 week ago: Morning, this morning These years of solitude on the front porch listening to the birds watching the … more →
pathoerth wrote 2 weeks ago: On my weekly route these last few autumn weeks I have noticed the red-tailed hawks. Long have I noti … more →
pathoerth wrote 2 weeks ago: Went to the Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Gardens for the Master Naturalist training on prairie ecos … more →
pathoerth wrote 2 weeks ago: Some days I love the wind. For one thing, jeans on the clothesline dry in about 20 minutes and they … more →
pathoerth wrote 3 weeks ago: The ladybugs are arriving. Every year about this time they first appear outside on the white trim on … more →
pathoerth wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s probably a good thing the air cools and I can’t sit on the porch comfortably, even … more →
pathoerth wrote 4 weeks ago: It was three weeks ago that we said goodbye to Cha Cha, an Alpaca on loan to us from Heartland Farm … more →
pathoerth wrote 4 weeks ago: Morning walk. Fog and birds – a community of Cardinals in a Cedar at the cemetery. The gravel … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 month ago: The day dawned sunny and warm, amazing after chill, wind and cloudy days. Volunteers and board membe … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 month ago: Even before my eyes open, just at first light, I hear a Mockingbird sing. I open the window. I haven … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 month ago: A long string of gray days; misty rainy chilly breezes. One gray day long ago when I was complaining … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 month ago: Meeting Mr. Darcy Often, when a guest and I are walking to the Alpaca pasture to meet Biak Bay and M … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 month ago: Morning Light on the Prairie Each of us needs an opportunity to be alone, and silent, to find space … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 month ago: Last fall, Dad and Ann and I became aware of a persistent whistling in the trees next to the pondhou … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 month ago: Bringing Dad Home Through Billings, his Hometown. The Eulogy Pat Delivered at Dad’s Funeral: T … more →
pathoerth wrote 2 months ago: Autumn Light These are the days of perfection. View from the Porch It’s the cool, crystalline … more →