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paulhawkwood
- Jan 13, 2022
- 1 min
Seeing Small Beauty
A few weeks ago we awoke to a light frost. When my wife and I stepped out on our second floor balcony to look around, I noticed that the...
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paulhawkwood
- Jan 4, 2022
- 2 min
Wonder and Gratitude - a Starry Night and the Sound of Onions Cooking.
Many mornings we awaken before the sun has begun to illuminate the eastern sky. We turn our lights off after making ourselves café lattes...
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paulhawkwood
- Nov 21, 2021
- 3 min
Tree Worlds, Tree Words
Recently I spend some time in a friend's backyard, and as I wandered through her garden, I noticed a tree stump that looked like it had...
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paulhawkwood
- Aug 2, 2021
- 2 min
The Play of Yin and Yang - Seeing the World in Black and White, Old and New.
Each day I take a walk on the street I live on, and it ends on the corner where these stones and grasses offer a dramatic juxtaposition...
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paulhawkwood
- May 22, 2021
- 1 min
An Impressionist Sunset
One thing I love about Sedona is the beauty of its sky - a beauty that manifests in so many ways that I find myself looking skyward much...
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paulhawkwood
- Apr 7, 2021
- 1 min
Is it Art if it's Done by a Computer?
What makes something art? Does it need to be done by a human? I was looking through my photographs the other day and found this...
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paulhawkwood
- Apr 4, 2021
- 2 min
Priest Lake and Living Silence
Priest Lake We step down from the truck onto the logging road west of Priest Lake. We step into silence too – the creaking of our engine...
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paulhawkwood
- Feb 21, 2021
- 2 min
Moon in Afternoon
I have discovered the sky. One of the things I relish about being in Arizona is not just how clear the sky is, but how vast it is. Here,...
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paulhawkwood
- Jan 26, 2021
- 2 min
Jetstream, and a bird story
Jetstream Clouds swim in the second sea, floating in an ocean of air. Their waters rise and fall, and the wind is their tide. I am their...
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paulhawkwood
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
Eyes, Live Grasses, and Photography
It's winter. Why not refresh yourself by experiencing soft-focus grasses gently playing in subdued light! It's ok - your brain, heart,...
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paulhawkwood
- Jan 8, 2021
- 3 min
Intuition, Dead Grasses, and Photography
What does it mean to know something? When I read a non-fiction book, for example, my mind generally understands the information in a...
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paulhawkwood
- Dec 29, 2020
- 1 min
Courthouse Butte - a Poem in Red Rock
Courthouse Butte I’m standing at the dirt end of Lee Mountain Road, not far from Oak Creek, watching the late rays of sun brush across...
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paulhawkwood
- Nov 28, 2020
- 1 min
Desert Sunset, Desert Clouds
One of the things I love about living in Sedona is the wondrous play of light at sunrise and sunset. Often the high clouds break up into...
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paulhawkwood
- Nov 14, 2020
- 1 min
Beyond - a poem
This poem began with my memories of walking on the beach in Oregon, where you walk through sand dunes for a while before arriving at the...
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paulhawkwood
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
Walking Through Sky and Water
When I was an English major in college, I fell in love with words—their sounds and rhythms and energies, their subtleties and brashness,...
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paulhawkwood
- May 14, 2020
- 1 min
Yin and Yang in the High Desert
A cool and misty morning in Sedona Have you heard the expression "high and dry"? Well, that can often be a description of Sedona,...
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