Paths I have walked, literally, as I have explored the countryside around me from the time I could walk, and figuratively, as I walk through life.
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About
I was first inspired by the beauty of the local landscapes of Carnegie and the trails and byways along the Chartiers Creek and throughout the Chartiers Valley, paths I’ve been walking since I began to walk. Those paths led me away to learn new things, and led me back, to interpret what I’ve found.
My biggest inspiration for poetry, prose and artwork is still the world right around me, and I enjoy the opportunity to share it from the perspective of one who walks and hikes and bikes and carries a camera, art materials and journal everywhere—even around the house—so the inspirations are fresh.
The familiarity of weather and structure and cultural habit are a starting point, a base to build upon as I walk other paths while building my stories.
Latest Journeys
Still We Dance
Though our garments be tattered still we dance until the end of our season, and the next remove our memory from this place. Not a quote from another’s writing, just what came to mind as I walked the trail enjoying the sprinkle of wildflowers along the edge. These two sunflowers looked as if they were …
Close The Door, poem in progress
Close the Door I don’t know when I will close the door for the last time long days of summer freedom endless open windows as if outdoors was in warm days, birdsong, butterflies cool nights, lightning bugs, crickets storms heat days and nights of sundresses my bare feet on the tile on the wood on …
The Aftereffects
My father and I were in the kitchen of the house where I grew up one morning in 1987, having a nice conversation. This was not a typical event because I’d never had a substantial conversation with my father before that, nothing more than one-word answers or brief sentences. I don’t remember exactly what we …
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bernadette @ bernadette-k dot com