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
Foretold: Five Sentence Fiction
The morning’s brilliant sunshine belied the cool air, but the bumblebee, sluggish at breakfast on the spent seed head, foretold the change to come. The season had been awaiting the moment and the moment was here, and even as the day warmed and the bees efficiently bumbled on their way, grand and beautiful clouds appeared …
Change in the Weather
When I was about 10 years old I observed after a few summers of experience that the hotter the heat wave the worse the storm that came after, but the change next day was so incredibly clear and beautiful, it was like you wanted every single day to be. As the thunder and lightning rumbled …
Ten Feet High With Jewelweed: Garden Evolution
I originally published this in 2018, a story of rejuvenating my garden after deer had entered the neighborhood and they loved my back yard, and my tomatoes and geraniums. Even this valiant rejuvenation didn’t hold; what I thought was sciatica turned out to be the need for a hip replacement! The deer did not understand …
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bernadette @ bernadette-k dot com