Marathon training plans are generally between fourteen and twenty weeks long. The older I get the more grueling the training. Add in the heat and humidity of Tennessee and some runs just plain suck. The dawn chorus of birds, a lovely sunrise and the satisfaction of another long run complete just keeps me coming back […]
Category: Haibun Road prompt/Cactus Haiku
Haibun Road Week 16/Feathers
While visiting my husband (again) in Hot Springs, AR, each morning I walked around the lake path. I began picking up goose feathers thinking they may be a good addition to some future collage. Do you know the Greek myth about Icarus? Every morning he went out to collect feathers, so his father could make […]
Haibun Road Week 16
The sun is a melon ripening on the kitchen counter. I press my thumb to the skin to check if it is ready to eat. A bird is singing in a nearby tree. I admonish myself for not being able to identify the soloist by the song. A guide book will only get you so […]
Haibun Road week 14
You are never the same person after a hike. Every path is a mixture of history, birdsong and exertion. Oh, and lightning fast lizards, chipmunks and veins of quartz jutting out for dramatic effect. Your sweat dries and lunch is enjoyed, but the trail lingers. Returning from a hike I find the trail Still on […]
Haibun Road Week 13/Lake Hamilton
Lake Hamilton (Arkansas) was created in 1932 when the Carpenter Dam on the Quachita River was completed. Every body of water is an ecosystem. Large or small, ocean or puddle, water is distinct from and connected to the surrounding environment. Spring walk around the lake A baby turtle swims I think this is a Quachita […]
Haibun Road Week 12/honeysuckle
A walk around Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, AR will have you breathing deeply taking in the sweet smell of honeysuckle. Many people remember as a kid “drinking” the nectar of the honeysuckle flowers. I did not know until recently that many honeysuckle bushes are actually an invasive species so reviled that certain states have […]
Sabi Saturday Week 9/Haibun Road Week 10
Sabi Someday Sketching birds, spilling words Mod Podge and newspaper Noodling, doodling, puttering words Birds glued to sabi someday I cannot seem to coordinate my sabi to Saturday or a (true) haibun to any particular week, but that doesn’t stop me. My brothers usurped all the artistic genes, but that doesn’t stop me either. I […]
