Fall Calls

Hey, there you are Did you really think all of us would up and leave you without saying goodbye without a flair for the wild? Breathe us in and sweep the dust off your lungs and your heart while you’re at it, you’ll thank us— wrap yourself against the cold and soak us in.

Loosen the Chains

She only sang to me on the railroad on our early morning trips to the unknown among the fog the peepers the sun climbing above the horizon she sang Fleetwood Mac Chain, keep us together Chain, keep us together

Dreaming Outside the 9 to 5

I dream of space of open fields and mountain sides laced with clay boulders and draw bridges and those “I-think-we’re-almost-there” moments of wild creeks with surprisingly deep pools. I dream of adventures cradled in the arms of summer nights. I dream of comfy makeshift beds for refuge against complete exhaustion of learning a map and…

Time

Your chapters some will be longer than others irregular and beautiful dark and sweet and you might not know it yet how they will all come together or why some chapters are missing, but you will discover them along the way between the fluttering wings of hummingbirds and being stuck in traffic. These are all…

Koi Pond

Do not let them define who you are your past is not your present & your future is not a wishing well but rather a koi pond a reminder that life can grow there just as it can die.

Someday

“I don’t know why nobody told you How to unfold your love” ~ While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles How can there only be a few pages left she thought thinking back to how many poems short stories lyrics hopes & frustrations dreams & seeds for the future she just has to remember…

Height of a Dream

Have you ever thought to calculate the height of a dream? The equation being something like # of years spent working toward it –  # of people who don’t believe in you x  # of times you have received recognition in the direction of your dream ———————————————————————— height of a dream And what would you…

Will the real sweaty girl please stand up?

That would be me. Hi, I’m Ellen! I’m based out of southern New Hampshire and I love dogs, Ben & Jerry’s, 80’s music and being outdoors. Although I am writing this while indoors (this goes along with the whole being sweaty thing), I enjoy exploring, which is why I decided to start this blog. I…