Archive for April 2020

Puerto Peñasco Beach On The Sea of Cortez   Leave a comment

Rocky Point 146-Edit-2-art-72Puerto Peñasco Beach On The Sea of Cortez — Photo-Artistry by kenne

A picture

from the past

changed

in the present

looking fixedly

over my shoulder

instead of

into its face

thus having no

preconceptions.

— kenne

Dark In The Sunlight   1 comment

Maiden Pools Hike“Dark In The Sunlight” — Photo-Artistry by kenne

A late afternoon breeze

sunlight shines through

in the shadow

of the olive tree

telling me of the

dark in the sunlight

as the music plays

I watch you from afar

dancing on this spring day

the things I’ve held close

have moved on

as I circle

trying to get my being

out of the experience

into the movement of change

becoming dimly aware

of the moment —

whatever will be,

will be.

— kenne

 

 

 

René Restaurant and Wine Bar, Lunch In Sedona   3 comments

Some of our favorite places may not survive, but you can always get a hotdog at the Circle K. Sedona, April 2013. — kenne

Posted April 18, 2020 by kenneturner in Information

Bottle-brush Bloom   1 comment

Bottlebrush Bloom-72Bottle-brush Bloom — Photo-Artistry by kenne

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

— Lao Tzu

Pic of the Day – 4/17/20   1 comment

I like this photo, but if it is ancient, then I’m ancient. — kenne

Posted April 17, 2020 by kenneturner in Information

Self-Portrait as Smudge   1 comment

This poem does something for me, hope it does the same for you. — kenne

Posted April 17, 2020 by kenneturner in Information

Ecocide Arizona Style — The Cow That Ate The West   Leave a comment

Drought “is the death of the earth,” wrote the poet T. S. Eliot.

An article in this morning’s Arizona Daily Star stated,” A two-decade-long dry spell that has parched much of the western United States is turning into one of the deepest megadroughts in the region in more than 1,200 years, a new study found.” Arizona continues to have water crisis, especially in rural areas, that is being lost in this age of COVID-19. Former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt has been speaking at community water meetings in rural areas.

“The way things stand now, former County Supervisor Richard Searle said, “we’re mining our water.” Searle farms pistachios on 20 acres in Cochise, where over the past two decades the groundwater level has declined about 50 feet. If the water keeps dropping, he said, the problem might eventually “solve itself” because it would become increasingly expensive to drill deeper and some growers would likely quit farming. But if that happens, Searle added, “it’s going to kill our ag economy.”

Today I’m reblogging a post from 2012, “Ecocide Arizona Style – The Cow That Ate The West.” Pistachio farmers and land developers have now replaced cattle. — kenne

Posted April 17, 2020 by kenneturner in Information

Sagebrush Checkerspot   1 comment

Sagebrush Checkerspot.72Sagebrush Checkerspot — Image by  kenne

“Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.”

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

The Rings Of Life   3 comments

The Rings of Life-72“The Rings of Life” — Image by kenne

Tree Rings

They are silent scars,
tree rings,
simple markers of time
that ignores
the story between the lines,
the seasons of starvation,
the winters that lingered,
the days of summer, of wine and dance,
the wild mistakes
and the wilder joys,
the droughts and soft nights of love,
all of them lost in the lines,
each so similar to the next,
markers of age, so easily seen by others,
who cannot know your story in all it’s richness
unless you have the courage
to leave the lines behind,
tell your own tale
like the bards of old,
creating a truth more true than honesty,
more true than markers or memories,
or the lies of time.

Tom Atkins

 

The Feet Have It!   1 comment

Posted April 16, 2020 by kenneturner in Information

Blue Bottles . . . The Winds Of Time Trapped In Glass   Leave a comment

Puerto Peñasco Sonora is Arizona’s beach. In this time of COVID-19, very little traffic is headed south through Lukeville, Arizona. This post is from April, 2013. — kenne

Posted April 16, 2020 by kenneturner in Information

Know When To Fold’em   2 comments

Fishing with Walker-72“Know When To Fold’em” — Source: Pinterest

“You’ve got to know when to hold ’em
Know when to fold ’em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you’re sittin’ at the table
There’ll be time enough for countin’
When the dealin’s done”

— Kenny Rogers

last light & euphoria…   Leave a comment

Posted April 15, 2020 by kenneturner in Information

Poem: Not Made to Measure   1 comment

Posted April 15, 2020 by kenneturner in Information

In the Shadows of Yesterday’s Dreams   Leave a comment

Posted April 15, 2020 by kenneturner in Information