Wilderness Remembered
The Earth has music, for those who listen. ~ Shakespeare
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haunting music of the wind
drifts over the wilderness
the only roof, the stars
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalknet
the desert is bleak and beautiful
a fine place for outdoors living
not as comfortable as a patio
wilderness imagination
The clearest way into the Universe is through the wilderness mountains.
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leave the city of your comfort
travel into the wilderness of intuition
walk upon the hot virgin dirt
and let free your deepest imagination
no more pain degradation hurt
and your soul is one with all creation
deep in the lonely barren desert
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
go, boldly go
toward the mountains of the moon
Scenes on Sunday ~ Zion Canyon
Where history deepens one’s appreciation of the canyon’s beauty.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
You could walk out of Zion Canyon
but I wouldn’t like to try it.
Snowy Lake Tahoe
This is a cool picture of Lake Tahoe by Rhapsody.
I have a friend who wants me to take her to Lake Tahoe, not if it’s snowing I won’t. Give me a little sunshine and it will be a great road trip.
Golden Skies
A golden sky above a lonely road in the far west.
break away
to a lonely road
under a golden sky
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
pictures by the girl riding shotgun
California Flowers
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.
In early June this year I will be flying out to Southern California, and then on to Arizona for a week or so.
One of the things I like best about SoCal is the beautiful flowers ~ the like of which we don’t see here in England.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
perhaps I should get a book on the wild flowers of the USA
Scenes on Sunday ~ Where was Love?
love is not something you feel, it’s something you do
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
it seems that she wanted a lover
and a regular guy wouldn’t do
Scenes on Sunday ~ Memories
sometimes, the good memories are all we have left
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
don’t run away into the desert
but enjoy your desert adventures
Scenes on Sunday ~ 2019 Travels
These are the places I will be visiting this coming year.
California ~ perhaps take a road trip.
Lanzerote
Olu Deniz in Turkey
Crete
Malta
London ~ again
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
the issue is,
finding a travelling companion
seize the day
do every act of your life as though it was the very last act of your life ~ Marcus Aurelius
January in England and nature is at its lowest ebb of the year. The ground is hard, the sea is damn cold, everything and everyone seems to be moving in slow motion.
Even I’ve been feeling lethargic this afternoon, and considering doing nothing more productive than dozing while the TV plays in the background.
That just isn’t good enough for me.
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, there is no life but this. ~ Henry David Thoreau.
Feeling bored, listless, lethargic, and filled with ennui is just a state of mind, and if I’ve learned anything in recent months is that you can change your mind, even your state of mind.
Instead of dozing, bored in front of the TV, I’m going to go out into the cold and take another walk. At least that will damn well wake me up.
Some say that boredom the natural state of being for mature guys. And, that most men don’t have the energy, brains, or motivation to find anything better to do than watch sports on TV. All I know if that I’m not like most men; I’m a cool guy living a great life.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
a desert, a Mustang, who can be bored?
