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
On Planting Peas, Because It’s Time
It is early March and I am planting peas. The wan spring sun is finding its heat and lays like a warm hand upon my back as I work. Signs of approaching spring fill my senses in the mild air on my skin, the scent of damp soil and the shrieks of children as they …
Slava Ukraini, a Painting and a Prayer
Four years ago who would have thought Ukrainians would still be suffering under bombardment in Putin’s military invasion and continued attempt to own Ukraine? He wants to take the world back to previous centuries of continuous warfare of one country against another, not stopping until enough people have been killed, killing whole generations of youth …
In the Dark Sunset, poem in progress
In the Dark Sunset Black velvet draped land yet colors awaken from deepest soot through cool blue through violet to magenta yellow glaring white waits for that moment last sliver of sun on the horizon laughs with warm colors in that dark sunset A poem in progress, January 22, 2026. Copyright 2026 © Bernadette E. …
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