Beautiful in its red plumage, unaware. We watched in shock as it moved from the magnolia tree and flew straight towards the window. With certainty, it used its beak to …

Beautiful in its red plumage, unaware. We watched in shock as it moved from the magnolia tree and flew straight towards the window. With certainty, it used its beak to …
A few years ago, my dad’s sister sent him a trophy their father had earned in 1929. It was deeply tarnished. The black layer had crept like lichen over every …
You’ve likely noticed it. It’s an itch when something didn’t end the way you thought it would. Or when there’s an idea, project, or conversation that you’re not done having…yet. …
Melting ice cream on my tongue Candlelight Reconnections that pick up right where they left off Not being forgotten Being loved Learning Stretching just beyond a comfort zone Forgiveness Seeing …
I thought I was obsessed with sunrises. The space where the day meets the night. The canvas of opportunity. Hope that awaits. But I think I was mistaken. I’m not …
I’m on the down-drop of a roller coaster. Vacuum space in my gut, then my heart. Is it fear? No, I think it’s space. Expansive, wide-open. Possibility panoramas. My heart, …
Isn’t that what we’re talking about here? That deep soul desire to experience the exponential Something that we, ourselves, could never have done all alone? It brings to mind the …
“Soar,” they said. Just as I raised my eyes from the dirty mug in the sink. Just in time to see Formation outside the window. Not the usual birds from …
In my mid-20s, the company I worked for closed its office in Colorado. I was given an opportunity to relocate to one of their other U.S. locations. I chose Portland, …