Two painted turtles wait, still as the log beneath them, alert as the sun overhead, watching with one eye. Across the water rises a steady striking, a single snare drum, loud enough to move freshly fallen leaves. Sound takes form and glides above the ground, as if searching for a home. Holding steady then, braving percussion and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Nature’
In the balance
Posted in Running, tagged Indiana, Nature, running, Trail running, Westwood Park on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hollow
Posted in Running, tagged church, dreams, Indiana, Nature, RAIN, Relationships, running, Tecumseh Trail Marathon, Westwood Park on October 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“It leaves you feeling hollow inside,” he said. He understands. The conversation occurred a few days ago as a friend and I discussed the frustration of injuries, especially those that come after a long period of training for a specific event, such as a marathon. He could empathize with my recent knee problem, not just [...]
The art of survival
Posted in Haiku, Running, tagged Haiku, Indiana, Nature, running, Westwood Park on January 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wingtips and talons leave messages on fresh snow, like Asian brush strokes. Passing over a myriad of footprints left by man and deer and raccoons, I outrun the hikers and move away from the tracks of forest dwellers, until I’m breaking trail through ankle-deep snow. There’s a stillness here, a cleanness, as if the last [...]
A proper medicine
Posted in Running, tagged Indiana, Nature, running, Trail running, Westwood Park on January 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The geese talk, conversations like popcorn. Five hundred kernels. Maybe a thousand. I’ve covered more than eight miles of trails, running in snow marked by half a dozen hikers and a single set of mountain bike tracks. The wind is calm, yet the chill deepens slightly as silhouetted treetops begin to dissect the sun. In [...]
Winter’s mark
Posted in Running, tagged Indiana, Nature, running, Trail running, Westwood Park on January 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The lake speaks, the language of early January. Extraterrestrial chatter rises beyond the trees to my left. It’s a voice seldom heard, and today I am not in a hurry. Working my way through the brush, I duck under branches and past spindly arms that snag my jacket with sharp, triangular-shaped claws. Once out of [...]
Chimes
Posted in road bike, tagged bicycle, Cycling, Indiana, Nature, road bike on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
These days left are few. I’m sitting in my bed, eight hours after today’s ride, the weather warm enough to leave open a window that transmits a live concert of insect song. If I could, I would turn out the light and write in the dark, in the comfort of their world. But tonight I [...]
