Photograph by Kathy Johnson Photo of Kathy Johnson’s daughter on June 4, 2022, on the old Sauk Trail in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, with a Canon Powershot SX730 HS, iso 100, 4.3mm, 0 ev, f4, 1/30s. Kathy Johnson is a 67 year old...
Photograph by Kathy Johnson Taken on February 13, 2025, at Deception Pass State Park, Washington, with a Canon Powershot SX730 HS, iso 1000, -0.3 ev, f3.5, 1/20s, using a time-release setting. Kathy Johnson is a 67 year old Wiccan veterinarian and environmental...
by Dairne McLoughlin Making my morning cup of tea is like saying a nurturing prayer. As I pour boiling water over the leaves, the aroma fills my senses, and that feeling of well-being surrounds me. The ritual of waiting patiently in silence as it steeps, then...
by Janet Ruth My neighbor phones—Please come over! It needs your help. I feel bad but I’m afraid to touch it. Squatting by the fig bush wrapped with netting to keep birds off—the snake is impossibly tangled. She was probably slithering through on her way...
by Janet Ruth Crouched on the top step, my eight-year-old-self peers down through the banister to where her mother sits reading. A whine—a sobbing hiccup—Mommy, I can’t sleep. Mother chides gently, Well, you’re certainly not going to sleep there. Go back to...
