by Ashley Carrithers | Aug 19, 2013 | Ashley Carrithers, Ashley's Adventures in Wilderland, Blogs
I suppose we all wonder about ourselves from time to time – what sort of person we are, if people like us, what value are we adding to life, etc etc. I am a little old to be worrying about all of that (favorite tee shirt; “What you think about me is … none of my...
by Ashley Carrithers | Aug 17, 2013 | Ashley Carrithers, Ashley's Adventures in Wilderland, Blogs
Well Witching We are in the midst of a longish drought, with springs and streams drying up on the winter grounds. Our home spring is hiccupping and we are in early summer, so something has to be done. We decided on digging a well and erecting a windmill, to take...
by Ashley Carrithers | Aug 14, 2013 | Poems
Oceanside amidst elemental waltz My lover conjures her fundamental self and I am, once again, won. Waves, star flamed, test their tireless might against Earth phallae – air kissed, wind blessed, And – failing again, again, and … again, finally, in...
by Ashley Carrithers | Aug 14, 2013 | Poems
Life, this mystifying dance we enjoin with endless flow Brings myriad energies to wayward ones As endeavorments towards understanding and then, peace, Wage wondrous wager with gauntlets self strewn Along the trails and trials which own soul’s body He was born in love...
by Ashley Carrithers | Aug 1, 2013 | Ashley Carrithers, Ashley's Adventures in Wilderland, Blogs
I say that we were given two inalienable birth rights; one is Free Choice, and the other is Freedom. There is an obvious caveat to the Free Choice piece which needs to include the concept of harmlessness. You, reader, like that for yourself – agreed? I sure do and...