Agathos Dorea

WHEN TIME STANDS STILL

David Hunnicutt — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:00:02 +0000

“Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn.” ~Delmore Schwartz, celebrated American author and poet, 1938 There is, for each of us, a moment in life when time stands still. That split second is at once remarkable and, at the same time, terrifying. Acutely conscious of our surroundings, we [...]

BARE TREES

David Hunnicutt — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:00:11 +0000

“Father Time is not always a hard parent, and, though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigour. With such people the grey head is but the impression [...]

AMERICAN RUST

David Hunnicutt — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:00:02 +0000

“Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, whose sport is on earth in the night season, and melt away in the first beam of the sun, which lights grim care and stern reality on our daily pilgrimage through the world.” ~Charles Dickens Sunrise on the grasslands, west of Crawford, NE.

CHASING EAGLES

David Hunnicutt — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:00:29 +0000

“When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take–choose the bolder.” ~William Joseph Slim Through the trees of the north woods, I watched this eagle hunt and feed for more than an hour. Majestic and elegant, these birds possess a kind of inner confidence that inspires me to be [...]

ON A LONESOME ROAD

David Hunnicutt — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:00:07 +0000

“Like one that on a lonesome road doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows a frightful fiend doth close behind him tread.” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Spectres still follow close behind at the Meade Hotel, Bannack, MT