Passing Fancy

It is a simmering summer in a sweltering land. I sit, somewhere between the fire and the horizon. There is no sound but the rustle of the page. Deep breaths. I am in the pages. The pages are in me. Drink them in. Names. Faces. Places. They wash over me and I am no longer [...]

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In Nature

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” ~ Native American Proverb Nothing clears the mind quite like a weekend in the mountains. A (surprisingly) stifling heater in the cabin didn’t hurt of course, but it just made the impact of walking out those doors and into the [...]

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Conquerors’ Dreams

In frost springs the fall, fleet-footed hunter dancing through valleys yoked and fair. The little one, sheltering in shade breathes only darkness where the shoe once fell. Dreams of the day he’ll tell the little children, when men conquered mountains.

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On the Road to Colorado, Day 3

After a massive rain storm hemmed us hotel guests in last night, preventing any extensive exploration of the area (not that there was a terribly large amount to see, from the look of things—barring some sort of children’s fort dedicated to Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show), morale for the Nebraska leg of my journey was [...]

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On the Road to Colorado, Day 2

Quote of the Day: “The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” ~ G. K. Chesterton Iowa— America, husked beneath wide skies. Morning began early, to the sounds of two Hispanic maids quarreling in the [...]

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On the Road to Colorado, Day 1

Quote of the Day: “A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.” ~ Moslih Eddin Saadi This week the Den is taking a bit of a twist in functionality as all words are twisted into my strange version of a travel log. That’s right, the day has come at last, and I have hit [...]

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Google+ For Photographers

Yes, bow before me, for I was one of those rare, select, elite few to receive Google +!—by which I mean, oh boy, one of my media friends shot me an invite to the latest social network everybody. If you want to read up more on the basics of Google+ and its “circles” of influence—ah, [...]

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By the Sea

It’s been a while, and a long weekend to boot. In sum: got some sun, traipsed some beaches, wondered and waxed philosophic and photographic somewhere between the trees and the waves, and tasted of the delicious sensation known as BBQ. It was a long weekend, but a good one, and I can honestly say it [...]

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Fettered Rise

Darkness Begets salvation. – Closed eyes embrace Wide-spaced longing, Riveted in fire like Old angels lacquered With the doubt— – The weight, They will come to call it, It lies heavy on the backs That would toil clouds To submission. – Naked passions Circumvent the sense of it, Armani dreams, Gucci heart Wing-tipped longing stands [...]

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Photography Site Live!

If you’ve been following me on Twitter (@aurinth), you probably have heard me rambling on about a new venture of mine, among other things. While I do so love to engage myself in the written word, I also have a passion for photography – you’ve undoubtedly seen bits and pieces of my work scattered here [...]

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