Decorations: Unnatural and natural

I’m not Martha. I don’t do detail work well. I will never be a cake decorator or do some fine stitchery. But I have been crafting up a storm to create decorations for my 50th birthday party tomorrow. Today was a big final push in getting decorations together. And then I thought about how ridiculous…

Wither the wonder?

I was looking over the Snoqualmie Falls last week, admittedly entranced. There was a bit of late evening sun, a mist rising from the river where three ribbons of water fell to meet it. The center band had this iridescent green thing going on that I found mesmerizing. I stared for a while before I…