a glass reflection
to start Canada travels
cold, bright, beautiful
Banff captures the crowds
who come to see Lake Louise
with its glacial blue
pup’s living the life
that most dogs only dream of
lake dips and air licks
Road Trip 2026, Day Three
mountains
Road Trip 2026, Day Two
sighting a grizzly
second day of forty-two:
not bad for this drive
but the paddle board?
early morning peace moment
to make Montana
views look like postcards
a photo could never catch
how perfect, Glacier
Road Trip 2026, Day One
ten thousand miles
begins before the sunrise
red, ready for us
two and a half states
bring us mountains, skies, and lakes
blue, gold, crimson calm
life isn’t parking—
adapting to site unseen
from a computer
but look at this lake
and this brown-eyed, sleepy pup
Montana, my heart
Road Trip 2026, Day One
ten thousand miles
begins before the sunrise
red, ready for us
two and a half states
bring us mountains, skies, and lakes
blue, gold, crimson calm
life isn’t parking—
adapting to site unseen
from a computer
bug look at this lake
and this brown-eyed, sleepy pup
Montana, my heart
Afternoon Aspen Delight
bluebird mountain day
catching the golden aspens
before they burn bare
Silver Anniversary Trip, Day Fifteen
botanic gardens
will forever be compared
to Monte’s beauty
tropical magic
trees and blooms of every shade
giving us NO shade
two thousand years old:
a tree planted by Romans
to bring us olives
on all future trips
beating Madeira? so hard
blue-green amazement
Silver Anniversary Trip, Day Fourteen
1.8 million:
the years laurel has lived here
giving life to all
enchanted forest:
the only words to describe
Madeira’s true gold
traditional homes
give homage to these laurels
simple thatched roofs
a magical place
waits for you on this island
hidden in the sea
Silver Anniversary Trip, Day Twelve
ten thousand stone steps
slippery at dawn, at noon
as mist never stops
ten thousand reasons
to be afraid of this hike,
yet we keep trekking
ten thousand peak views
all in different shades of light
just like our marriage
ten thousand questions
when we married at twenty
look how far we’ve come
No Steam Here
Burned Trees and Snow
Colorado roads:
beautiful mountain vistas
scarred by wildfires
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