Rusty Ring

"Having children takes talent, like any creative thing." Maurice Sendak (Photo courtesy of Seth Anderson and Wikime...

Let us walk alone together, comrade sojourner. We will be like pebbles in a bag, polishing each other bright. (Ship's dogs...

( Malus fusca . Native to the North Coast, in my home county it's a common understory tree, flourishing on the margins and in clear...

"Dying is easy. Practice is hard." (My monastic riff on a hallowed show biz pun .) (Photo of Chàn ancestor Hanshan De...

(Appearing also on My Corner of the World .)

When I encountered this florist-worthy flower on a bike ride through local prairie country, I was certain it must be a garden ...

(Suspect Phyllostachys vivax . This is very big stuff - diameters up to 4 inches and heights to maybe 60 feet. This grove occurs in the ...