Discover Your Own Slice of Paradise at a Hidden Beach
While wandering through the varied and lush tropical foliage, the air thick with the scent of blooming flowers and the sound of rustling fronds, I marveled at the vibrant greens surrounding me. The sun filtered through the canopy, casting dappled light on the path ahead. As I ventured further, I stumbled upon a hidden trail…
A Vibrant Welcome: The Allure of Pink Orchids
If you opened the door to your hotel room and flipped on the light to see this bright pink stalk of flowers greeting you, how would you react? Would you be tickled? Would you lose the color in your cheeks? Would you think your imagination has run wild? Would it make you feel pretty? Or…
Finding Solace on the Shores of Lonesome Lake
Has my sister really left us here on this remote shoreline? How can that be? Why would she? She just left for a moment, she’ll be back shortly, right? She can’t have done so knowingly. She can’t have envisioned her path with us would end here. She can’t have wanted others to feel this lost.…
Tropical Metropolis
This image is 100% real and not AI generated. It seems strange to have to make that claim, but this is the reality in which we live. The lines between fact and fiction are increasingly blurred and challenging to discern. The distinction between the artificial and natural objects in this photograph though should be obvious.…
Masterful Craftsmanship of Gitksan Totem Carvers
This totem pole is installed at the Seneca Park Zoo. The sign beside it reads in part: “Walter Harris and Art Sterrit, both of the Gitksan Nation in British Columbia, Canada, came to Rochester to carve this totem pole by hand. For one month, they worked with gouges, handmade knives and chisels. They used a…
Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage: The Wampanoag Story
It’s probably no coincidence that the U.S. recognizes November as both Native American Heritage Month and the annual celebration of Thanksgiving. After all, we were brought up with stories of the Pilgrim’s first Thanksgiving shared in harmony with a welcoming of Indigenous Peoples from the region. Though much of this romanticized depiction has since been…
The Surreal Impact of Beauty: Discover Frisson
The Scenario A graduate school philosophy professor presented me with a scenario based on aesthetic theory. He suggested that someone could be rendered virtually paralyzed in the presence of pure beauty. That you could become overwhelmed with awe to the point that you could not function normally. Your primary feelings could overload your rational thoughts,…
Flowing Through Life: A Dance of Generations
Conceived in heavens From amorphous vapor Condensate Of a single droplet Begins atomic expansion Precipitating out A tear from the void Splashing down Following gravity’s pull Toward the unavoidable Rolling along Inexplicably nudged Picking up momentum Gathering steam Babbling incessantly With the stream Passing through bends Shaping them or us Roiling over At the unexpected…
Swallowtail & Wisteria
Yellow tigers step lightly Like children chasing the surf With graceful playful motions Atop sprays of mauve blossoms Riding fragrant waves to shore Velvet nectar splashes and crashes Tumbling over tails and toes Nearly swallowing them whole Before springing into flight Words and images by Michael J. Hall
Li’l Red Eft
Well, way up north where the air gets coldThere’s a tale about Christmas that you’ve never been toldAnd a real famous newt all dressed up in redAnd he spends the whole year peelin’ out of his shed It’s the li’l red eftOoh, li’l red eftIt’s the li’l red eftOoh, li’l red eft AhhhhhhOoooooooMerry Christmas Spotted…
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