A Roadrunner for Joanne

Backyard Roadrunner © 2012 Bo Mackison

 ”Now then, I can easily understand why it should puzzle you that a person of my intelligence, I.Q. 207 super genius, should devote his valuable time chasing this ridiculous road runner, this bird that appears to be so skinny, scrawny, stringy, unappetizing, anemic, ugly and misbegotten. Ah, but [...]

Early Morning Coffee in the Desert

Early Morning Coffee in the Desert © 2012 Bo Mackison

Coffee is real good when you drink it it gives you time to think. It’s a lot more than just a drink; it’s something happening. Not as in hip, but like an event, a place to be, but not like a location, but like [...]

Desert Twilight

Sonoran Desert Twilight

Seeing form with the whole body and mind. Hearing sound with the whole body and mind. One understands it intimately. ~ Eihen Dogen

When I am in the desert, I have two responsibilities — to listen, to see.

I watch as nature busies herself doing [...]

Ocotillo Sunset

Ocotillo Sunset © 2012 Bo Mackison

“Something has happened To my understanding of existence That now makes my heart always full of wonder…”

~ Hafiz, The Gift

I have desert dreams. They are not as tidy as I would like, but perhaps they are tidier than one would imagine. [...]

Let the Sun Shine In

Let the Sun Shine In © 2012 Bo Mackison

Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sun shine in…

~ lyrics from the 5th Dimension’s song [...]

Pottery at Tumacacori

Pottery in Tumacacori Granary © 2012 Bo Mackison

Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.

The soul that knows it not, Knows no release from little things: Knows not the livid loneliness of fear, Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear the sound of wings.