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paulhawkwood
May 29, 20222 min read
Living in the Sky
Living in the Sky Its blue pool holds cool contrails and clouds of all kinds, plus moon and birds, pole vaulters and sky divers, and...
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paulhawkwood
May 25, 20222 min read
A Cactus Flower, and the Experience of Wonder
Right by our mailbox is a lush cactus that blooms each spring. I say "lush" because this cactus has been growing there for decades, and...
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paulhawkwood
May 22, 20223 min read
Grand Canyon and Antelope Slot Canyon Visits
This May, my wife and sister-in-law and I traveled from our home in Sedona, Arizona, to Grand Canyon National Park and Lower Antelope...
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paulhawkwood
Apr 6, 20222 min read
Forest Stairs, Quiet Light
I find something captivating about stairs, especially ones that spiral or move in harmony with a building space or landscape. The stairs...
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paulhawkwood
Mar 20, 20221 min read
The Garden Gate
The Garden Gate Out of iron a heart becomes a tree, a shadow, a reminder of what's inside. Hummingbirds fly through it and each day we...
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paulhawkwood
Feb 12, 20221 min read
Light Leaks in Everywhere
Light leaks in everywhere – from eyelids, clouds, the edges of closed doors, and the moon in late afternoon. Blessings when you ask and...
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paulhawkwood
Jan 13, 20221 min read
Seeing Small Beauty
A few weeks ago we awoke to a light frost. When my wife and I stepped out on our second floor balcony to look around, I noticed that the...
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paulhawkwood
Jan 4, 20222 min read
Wonder and Gratitude - a Starry Night and the Sound of Onions Cooking.
Many mornings we awaken before the sun has begun to illuminate the eastern sky. We turn our lights off after making ourselves café lattes...
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paulhawkwood
Dec 12, 20212 min read
Fountain, Curves, Concrete, Water
Fountain Water is beyond my mind, flowing fluidly over the lip of the fountain and splashing into the pond beneath, over and over....
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paulhawkwood
Nov 21, 20213 min read
Tree Worlds, Tree Words
Recently I spend some time in a friend's backyard, and as I wandered through her garden, I noticed a tree stump that looked like it had...
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paulhawkwood
Nov 11, 20211 min read
The Doorway
This is one of my earliest digital photographs, taken in December of 2011, during one of my walks in our neighborhood in Sedona. I was...
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paulhawkwood
Nov 8, 20212 min read
Barrier Reef
Barrier Reef Your tiny island has a barrier reef but the tide is rising fast. Let your castle turn back to sand and melt into the ocean’s...
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paulhawkwood
Oct 24, 20211 min read
Even Strange Light Shines Forth
Even Strange Light Shines Forth Is there ever artificial light? sunlight and starlight, northern lights and flashlights, headlights and...
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paulhawkwood
Oct 14, 20211 min read
The Beautiful Sewer
I enjoy seeing beauty in things that my mind initially overlooks or judges negatively. I was struck by this manhole cover while I was...
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paulhawkwood
Oct 12, 20212 min read
Nine Non-obvious Ways to have Deeper Conversations: a Guide to Talking with Each Other - NYT article
One thing I love about the New York Times is that they have a wonderful collection of opinion writers who contribute a surprising and...
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paulhawkwood
Aug 9, 20212 min read
The Numinous: Sacredness and Light
I love the word numinous as a word for describing that which we call holy or spiritually alive. One definition of numinous means, "to be...
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paulhawkwood
Aug 2, 20212 min read
The Play of Yin and Yang - Seeing the World in Black and White, Old and New.
Each day I take a walk on the street I live on, and it ends on the corner where these stones and grasses offer a dramatic juxtaposition...
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paulhawkwood
May 22, 20211 min read
An Impressionist Sunset
One thing I love about Sedona is the beauty of its sky - a beauty that manifests in so many ways that I find myself looking skyward much...
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paulhawkwood
May 5, 20211 min read
Jutta's Stairs
Jutta's Stairs Something ascends and descends these stairs. What is it? Sunlight? Song? Silence? It is a mystery. Bach the old magician...
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paulhawkwood
Apr 13, 20212 min read
Water World, Water Music
Water World The world is wrapped in water – wobbling and washing, sloshing and sliding, dripping and swishing - it sings as it swims. A...
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