regenerate

mushrooms grinding dead plant matter back into tall trees

shaded greens opening into ecstatic blues

where's wind blowing today?

dancing

the earth is spinning!

i can feel it

when i close my eyes

the sky is singing!

i can hear it

when i feel my heartbeat

and

i am so ALIVE

precious breath

rising and falling

with the winds

inner tides

dancing

i'm dancing

deer

blue skies here today

birds singing all around

saw a mother chasing her baby deer around a meadow

baby's legs dashing all over the place

water day, today!

crawling up a waterfall

then warming fire

to stories of sunrises and sunsets

in the fire

primal heat

permaculture convergence

a few photos from my weekend at the New England Permaculture Convergence with Frank

some Great Hollow photos!

too many photos. but here's some. I am photographing again daily... and it is good :) oh, and I love my kids

camo day!

i find myself writing very descriptive emails
that make good summations for phog too
so will start adding some emails i write onto phog :)
--
found the mint today behind merrit
not familiar with oregano. will get familiar with it
just set a live trap behind the merrit with kids today
camo day!
thunder too, as we munched on lunch rock
one kid frozen stiff with fear on a rock in middle of water
thunder overhead
running through trees
watching others pass
prickers and pi hiding as we too hide
clouds play hide and go seek (too) with blue sky below
waters rushing and running
faster and faster
as sky father gifts us with
cleansing
r
a
i
n

lurch

golden light rising over green hills

mist running lightly

berries bursting over thorns

bellies bubbling, sweet delight

 

more kids today!

camoflage play: dirt and leaves, charcoal masks

 

permaculture this weekend

skin earth colored folks

hearts shining, faces glowing

firelight moonlight

happy transitions again

old friends reuniting unexpectedly

meeting new friends joyously

barefeet packing solid supporting earth

offering hearts up

to an open sky

dying to give life

living to give death

 

i?

feeling some sickness creeping through body

am helping it creep back out

with much good tea and rest

mind is all aflutter, though

yucky nonsensicals

oh yes, balance balance

blue grey

clouds tumble across a grey sky

accented blue beneath the surface sheen

slept indoors last night

six people in the room

a cacophonous chorus of breathes

rising and falling at differing tempos

my own soft and jagged

falling into rhythm with my

heart b e a t

clouds tumbling

as we roll across the

poison ivy strewn lawn

mimicking groundhogs

dancing like deer

t-rexes

down dark mysterious forest paths

where to next?

where are we

why are we

here

going

where?

smiles and spontaneity

darkness and unknowing

just knowing

that beneath the seemingly ever-present grey

lies the bluest of blue blues

i know

today

today was
one of those days
you could slice
with a butter knife
through
the thick hot
of the summer heat
the cold solidity
of the tumbling rivers
the harsh reality
of an overexcited mind

end of day, new night

Nature's Chorus training began today
camp season is starting!
excited and glad to be with smaller family
closer to Earth folks
looking forward
appreciating back
relishing the NOW
two weeks of rain
nonstop wetness
moontime began
along with the new moon
fresh beginnings, thankful endings
Daniel at Wildcat, Jaz at Great Hollow
friend has returned to the community
another friend has left
all in flux
all in balance
breathing deeply stretching body to sky
morning clouds lifting to reveal blue sky below
sun peeking
then back into thunder clouds
rolling overhead
quickly
onto blueness once more
leaves floating on the wind
with memories and thoughts
a little bit of me too, to everywhere
back into the desert
dry beautiful faces and spirits
songs of depth
a new night
fresh potential with each fresh moment
fresh breath
where to
now
?

in CT now

spending as little time on computer as possible
so i will be brief and say
I'm here at Great Hollow now
I once again speak in singular form
but plural when refering to us, my Circle
here at Great Hollow
in LOVE with the woods, the people
many questions in my head
good place and folks to reflect and dive deeper with

(from an email out)
 
i miss you so much
is the obvious thing to say
much better to say would be
i looked up at the moon last night
surrounded by crawling fresh springtime caterpillars
(who are everywhere)
and fireflies
the first ones of the season
and i thought of you
wondered
what you are looking at
what you are doing
im feeling a lot right now
took a group of 6 middle schoolers on a outing into the wilderness
got them to listen to the trees
asked them about their families
told them about you
compared lives, shared stories, found many differences
but more importantly
found many similiarities
many connections
felt our conjoined humanity
and
been questioning life a lot lately
especially after jumping off the trspeze
found myself a grandmother tree
spoke with it
got deep
then found the tree to be physically dead
and realized that nothing ever is really dead
looked thru photos a little bit this morning
feeling remniscent
then couldnt go further
first faces that popped up in camera were mom, then sister
then daniel, and craig and
i started thinking
i started missing
and i just had to stop
...i am with beautiful people
i am the dancer here
the creative free spirit
the one who jumps up first in the morning
and rolls over everyone
singing songs
i am the one
who asks everyone to turn off their flashlights at night
when we're trekking thru the woods
i ask everyone
stop talking
so you can hear the wind, water, rain, trees
listen to the woods
feel them
feel you
feel me?
we're here
where are we going
?
we're
here

summer is kicking in
sky is blue
earth is solid
my heart soars on the winds
feel me?

lovelove
jaz