Open Blossom

Total Concentration

My Mentor

North October ~ Alaska 2010

 AlaskJapan ~ Tlingit Land
Tlingit people (The Raven clans)

Debra recording the wild sounds of the Tongass ~ Here she's recording the sound of gentle waves lapping up onto the side of the bluff, Humpback Bay...

Mount Edgecumbe at Dawn

Sea Lion in it's milieu

A streak of light resting, post storm

Early morning tide pool 

Whirl and stern

Fall leaves

~ Sometimes and more often than not, there is a great deal of beauty and meaning to be found in small places and in things or situations that seem to be insignificant. Don't disregard the little things in life, explore, delve, and delight ~

Lilies

Etz haChayim ~ עץ החיים ~ The Tree of Life

Tree of Life

Veins, rivers, lightning, roots

"Eits chayim hi lamachazikim ba, Vetomecheha me-ushar. Deracheha - d'rechei no-am, Vechol netivotecha shalom… Hashiveinu Adonai eilecha v'nashuva Chadeish chadeish yameinu k'kedem Chadeish chadeish yameinu k'kedem…"

"A tree of life to those who hold fast to it, and all who cling to it find happiness. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace. Help us and guide us, inspire us and provide us With the wisdom Your Torah can show. Cause us to learn, renew and return, Just as in days of old."

Welcome to Tipi Town, Population Low. - The aftermath from the Occupy Oakland protest on January 28th, 2012 (text coming soon)

"Welcome to Tipi town, please watch your step"

Chalk outline of a body on middle right lower

Security guard at the front interior steps of Oakland City Hall ~ By the state of the place, she probably wasn't there last night...

Indigenous North American medicine wheel...

In the center of geometric stars

Cop confrontation, she gave him a piece of her mind, he was actually pretty gracious... 

Communing with the Tipi commune

Banana  

Prayer and Bible

Hope for the Future

Power spray

Better education is being called upon

Factually recounting last night's events

Crowded/We Are All In this Thing Together- A photo observation on people coming together and sharing a feeling/experience in a cohesive way... (to be continued).

Free outdoor music festival

Wedding - just after the vows 

Protestors after a success during a protest 

Occupy Oakland

Occupy UC Berkeley - Joined by Occupy Oakland