Category Archives: Nature

Contemplating Buffalo

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Monica

Over the River and Through the Wood – Oh, and Through the Buffalo Herd – We Go We didn’t really go over the river, but we did have to go through a large buffalo herd.  On our hike into Yellowstone’s … Continue reading →

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Spring in Yellowstone

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Monica

Couldn’t leave out Yellowstone!

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Calls of the Tree Swallows, Sandhill Cranes, and Geese

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Monica

Here’s my own audio file.  First and last you hear the geese (of course); after about 4 seconds you hear tree swallows sounding like hundreds of bees buzzing and mice squeaking; then you hear the sandhill cranes:

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Grand Tetons in the Spring

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Monica

Here are some recent pictures from the Grand Tetons. Vocalizations courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds website Killdeer Sandhill cranes Tree swallows Lesser Scaup

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Oh, You Planet Earth!/Earth Day 2013

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Monica

Member of the Family Call me mother, call me father call me source of life and strength call me sister, call me brother call me only home and hearth call me garden of paradise call me member of the family … Continue reading →

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Talking to Animals/Amen

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Monica

Here’s a quote from a beautiful WordPress post by Traveling Thane Furrows: If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and … Continue reading →

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Creation Through Struggle – Always Plenty of Struggle

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Monica

Some people have asked what led me to write Wild Wolf Encounters.  Like all creation, it was the result of a struggle.  In this case, it was a struggle with myself. About two years ago, in another crisis economic compromise, … Continue reading →

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Captured!

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Monica

Capture Me, Poetry Capture me, Poetry, and don’t let go!  Sneak up beside me at the symphony* Track me down trails in Yellowstone Seize me when least expected  Shadow me by sunlight Encircle me by moonlight Overcome me by starlight … Continue reading →

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The Extreme Gravity/Distorted Reality Show

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Monica

Black Hole at the Center  Eagle Galaxy remnant of an exploding star a fading celebrity avatar emits no light casts no glow gas and static are its outflow* the raspy noise of promise unkept opportunity squandered challenge unmet collapsing brilliance … Continue reading →

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Night Magic

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Monica

Old Faithful erupting by the light of the rising full moon

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