Bones, Sandstone, Water

Blog Articles and Illustrations by

Annie Imogene Catura

Free-spirited Naturalist, Artist & Earth Warrior. An intuit encouraging folks to live intentionally. A drawer who writes, blending art, history, and storytelling. Watercolor artist, adventure and history writer, advocate for whole-child education and families being together. Audacious book absorber, lover of woods, water, rocks, and trees. Passionate about all things eclectic music. A listener, curious deep diver, and lover of moments when time disappears.

Catching Frogs

As things speed up in the springtime, my urge to slow down and savor the moment increases …and then I remember that stepping in and spending time with children, walking in their way, is just the medicine I’m seeking.

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Yellowstone: Pandemic Reprieve

After the obligatory Old Faithful viewing we visited Black Sand Basin. It was a relief just to get away from all the people. The air was cold and the humid, it felt so good on our parched Colorado skin. Microbial mats of color illuminated our senses and gave rise to our mystical imaginations. The deep gurgling from geysers rumbled through our heads and it felt like we were waking up. Waking up from the long drive and the 2020 pandemic isolation slumber.

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The Fledgling

I feel like I am watching my upcoming parenting-an-adolescent years in fast forward here on the banks of the North Platte. This mother Bald Eagle stepping back, ignoring the pleading cries of her oversized fledgling in favor of him learning to hunt for himself, but still watching. I literally observed her hiding being a rock and peering over the top at her fledgling. I wonder how long this dance has been happening; a month, weeks, days, just today? I mean, he sounds pretty hungry. Is this the time he is going to do it & get himself some food?

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