Category: First Nations
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Magic Realism

A cold, wet morning. Somehow, last night the Red Sox played at Fenway (baseball) with temperatures in the 30’sF, fog, mist, and drizzle. The players and the fans looked miserable, on top of which, the Sox lost. On the bright side, literally, the showers have brought on the daffodils and they are seemingly everywhere! This…
Michael Watson PhD
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Two Ways of Dreaming

A dim, chill morning. Yesterday the sun came out in the afternoon and the temperature rose to 70F. It was lovely. Later this afternoon we will have additional much needed rain. We send prayers to all who are experiencing the harm of too much rain this weekend. For the moment the disaster unfolding in the…
Michael Watson PhD
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Spring Rain

A dark, drizzly, chilly early spring day. In spite of the cold, color is returning to the maples and other trees and the magnolia’s buds seem to thicken daily. Lichen on tree trunks have begun to take on more color and the field has a bright green hue between the bare spots. In the garden…
Michael Watson PhD
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Deafening Silence

It’s lovely out, mid 50’s F, clear skies, and little wind. From the looks of things, we shall have daffodils any day now, at which point it will be spring. As I write I can hear birdsong through the closed window; most likely the sparrows are nesting just below my office/studio. I’m trying to find…
Michael Watson PhD