the freezing morning rain has let up,

what should I do?

fetch water? chop firewood? gather winter greens?

Ryokan

brazos cliffs, fall







...

..light filters easily through the pines and oaks-

Ryokan

no more houses to beg from
clouds on the mountain

santoka Taneda

Sandia Mountains, NM

November sunset Sandia Mountains, NM

We live on the sun's playground

Hafiz

ponderosa pine and aspen, Jemez Mountains

The mountain I live on

nobody knows

inside the clouds

it's always deserted

-From the Collected songs of Cold Mountain

fall Jemez Mountain canyon NM

how many falls have I spent on Cold Mountain

humming songs to myself without any cares

nibbling a gatha whenever I am hungry

smoothing the mind-ground leaning against rock

-from the Collected Songs of Cold Mountain