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New Landscapes: Winter – A Tape Recording Of Your Departure

New Landscapes: Winter - A Tape Recording Of Your Departure

we could fight
on a cold winter night
– with bitter kisses


New Landscapes: Winter – The Silent Season

New Landscapes: Winter - The Silent Season

I walk alone
– in silence
My footsteps left behind
Frozen in time

The snow painted path
Bathed – in silence
Your whispering voice
On the cold haunting wind


New Landscapes: Winter – The Film Of Life

New Landscapes: Winter - The Film Of Life

An empty theater
A foreboding glacier chill
The bitter reminder
Of a life story un-fulfilled


New Landscapes: Winter – The Never Ending Darkness

New Landscapes: Winter - The Never Ending Darkness

Without ever an end
This tunnel of love
Filled with the coldness of night.


New Landscapes: Winter – The Reflective Frost Of The Heart At Night

New Landscapes: Winter - The Reflective Frost Of The Heart at Night

In the dark of night
On the edge of sky
A bitter frost


New Landscapes: Winter – The Lost Beauty Of Incomplete Things

New Landscapes: Winter - The Lost Beauty Of Incomplete Things

A journey so far
Miles from your arms
Cascading down
Falling like stars
The rocky spiral of moments
– lost

On the cliffs of Winter
And the bone shattering sadness
Found in the dark below
And in the watery grave …
The lost beauty
Of incomplete things


New Landscapes: Winter – The Hardness Of The Chill

New Landscapes: Winter - The Hardness Of The Chill

somewhere in my life
in my thoughts
in my past moments with …
i see your words
describe the way i feel
at this very moment …
– lost and abandoned
the hardness of the chill within
weathered by your storm

the screaming inside your memories
like the passion of war against the night
a broken obstacle …
to the building of your dreams
and the cold fears to come
never alone without this loss
and the hardness of the chill within


New Landscapes: Fall In Play 05 – Loop

New Landscapes: Fall In Play 05 - Loop

One of the more exciting elements of mountain biking is going around in circles. Yes, the loop. Four miles. Eight miles. Sixteen miles. Ascending then descending. Round and round. Flashing by beautiful vistas; man-made lakes, mountain summits, and ridges. All swirling by your mind’s eye, without pause to the rewind. Let’s play on a Fall day … the loop de loop.


New Landscapes: Fall In Play 04 – Rewind

New Landscapes: Fall In Play - Rewind

turn back the time
and remember when
– or how
you found the meaning
of things … misunderstood

– here
forward in time
in the day’s (f)all
in Autumn’s call
the rewind …
of place … memory
and state of mind


New Landscapes: Fall In Play 03 – Pause

New Landscapes: Fall In Play 03 - Pause

After an hour of exploring the various ups and downs of the terrain, Nancy feels the need for a pause in play. Taking a moment to catch her breath and letting the beauty of the day sink it. Autumn has a way of bringing moments to a standstill. Allowing us to embrace a much-needed connection with ourselves. Its transformational essence can stimulate our senses and bring joy to our lives. Let’s pause in play and fall in love with the day.


New Landscapes: Fall In Play 02 – Start

New Landscapes: Fall In Play 02 - Start

Well here I am around noon today. My Trek bike and I are stationary on the ridge of a man-made lake which is under construction. Preparing for the first descent. It is a beautiful Fall day indeed. Mild temperatures and blue sunny skies. Mesmerizing and zen-like. Music on my Ipod; trance-like and meditative. Time to play. Lets start.


New Landscapes: Fall In Play

New Landscapes: Fall In Play

Today in my little town, I am going to have a some fun. I am about to head out to the Gray Court Park. Gray Court, South Carolina is a small one-light historic town established in 1899. It has taken over a century to build a major park. Construction has begun on a man-made lake. A perfect place while under construction for some free-style mountain biking training. The slopes of the lake are varied; some are steep, tightly packed, others rocky and treacherous. What a find. And it is located just a few minutes from my house. This will provide many hours of practice during the Fall and Winter for myself and my riding partner. I will snap some photos and video footage to post later.


New Landscapes: Fall In Starlight

New Landscapes: Fall In Starlight

life on the edge
of everything remembered
– here
with the starlight
in your eyes
and the twilight
in the rainbow sky


New Landscapes: Fall In-Between

New Landscapes: Fall In-Between

the narrow way
from
the descent
the broad way
– to it

Life in recovery through the colors of art
Finding the true self on the path of liberation …


New Landscapes: Fall In Expressionism

New Landscapes: Fall In Expressionism

It appeared seductively
In Autumn’s sweet voice
Whispering with a vision

Beautiful am I not
Here with you
Coloring your day


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New Landscapes: Fall In Dreams

New Landscapes: Fall In Dreams

it’s there
left Behind
in an autumn past
– your dreams

memories in decay
like falling leaves
with nothing
– to believe


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New Landscapes: Fall In Fashion – Hiking Boots

New Landscapes: Fall In Fashion - Hiking Boots

burnt umber
and golden-yellow
reddish tints
and layered colors
trace the path
fore and aft

a distant waterfall
cascading just beyond
my intrepid reach
– married
to the tonal beauty
that surrounds it

It’s Autumn in the mountains of North and South Carolina. Time for a moment of inner reflection, tranquility, and a zen-like trek; to be found in the ascension. And realized at the summit of sky and earth


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New Landscapes: Fall In Fashion – Windbreaker

New Landscapes: Fall In Fashion - Windbreaker

This past summer; a beautiful discovery – a lovely beach of sand and surf; Tybee Island in Georgia near the historic City of Savannah. Now the warm rays of the sun and the hot, humid air has slowly turned crisp and cool as Autumn and Fall have arrived. A quaint bed and breakfast stay is in the conversation and beckons us to return. The prospect of long lingering walks on nearly deserted beaches entice our senses. What’s the in-wear for Fall walks on the beach? For me, it all starts with the perfect windbreaker; blue nylon cover with soft white cotton inner, and hoodie. You’re on the beach, so shorts are still in order, (no matter how chilled it is), graphic T, or striped polo, with low-top Chuck Taylors. For Nancy, it’s all about her wearing her favorite windbreaker (yellow) as well. She’s also in a light pink wool sweater, brown corduroy leggings and pink high-top Chucks. It’s a long lovely walk on the edge of the ocean. The azul blue sky with scattered white coulds surrounding our every step. Our conversation and laughter going hand in hand with the pulse of the day.


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New Landscapes: Fall In Fashion – Cardigan Sweater

New Landscapes: Fall In Fashion - Cardigan Sweater

It’s Fall season in New York City. My girl, Nancy and I are heading to the Sunday afternoon matinée at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The Next Wave Festival is in full swing until January. And we are very excited to see the work of Pina Bausch, and the legendary dance theater pioneer’s final work entitled “… como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si …” performed by her dance company the Tanztheater Wuppertal and inspired by the distinctive musical and cultural traditions of Chile.

A Sunday matinée in Autumn, in NYC definitely calls for a relaxed yet stylish Fall look. That’s why I’m wearing a gray cardigan sweater over a blue fitted button-up shirt with a striped blue and white wool tie, Gap original 1969 jeans, and kicks by Converse. My girl … she’s fine too. Relentlessy fine. It’s Fall. It’s New York City.


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New Landscapes: Fall In Fashion – Team Jersey

New Landscapes: Fall In Fashion - Team Jersey

It’s Fall, and the new season of the Barclays Premier League is under way. You’re in North London, under the lights. At the Emirates Stadium, and home of FC Arsenal. You’re in the flow. It’s a fascinating moment, here with the crowd of 70,000. Wearing the traditional red and white and cheering your favorite club. Go Gunners!

This short segment from The Fall Series, focuses on what’s in fashion during the season. What we wear as we head out in full discovery. Next up: New York City and the Next Wave Festival.


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New Landscapes: Fall In Season

New Landscapes: Fall In Season

a life is beautiful
when it’s warmth and memory
takes you back
to the place where all this started
this love of life
this meaningful pulse
colored in nature’s heaven

Maggie Valley, North Carolina


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New Landscapes: Fall In Motion

New Lanscapes: Fall In Motion

The leaves will soon be changing
Falling on unyielding trails
The air crisp and chilled
Sweeping through barren trees
And the lightly falling snow

Fall on the mountain –
Our bikes in fluid motion


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New Landscapes: Fall In Abstract – Flight

New Landscapes: Fall In Abstract - Flight

a dragonfly in flight
– in May
on summer’s wispy wind
taking hold of the endless day

the warmth in subtle greens and blues
now twilight in Fall’s approach


Nandini like the monsoon outside her window has struck at the heart of this thing call love with this lovely photo and poem.

Nandini's avatarLife Just Is

It’s suddenly cold inside
Green lush fields outside
Its all grey and dark and but still
my love, how come so beautiful?
Salted peanuts flavoring my mouth
All I now crave for is your warmth
Little rain drops tickling the glass
I’m listening to our silent comforting talks
I know you are with me right here right now
That’s how I believe love is in me right here right now.

– Nandini Dhiman

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A photo from this monsoon, but taken on a different day:

Sudden poetic moments!
I was in the bus while I got the feeling to write. And I did!
Thanks to the rain and thunderstorms.
🙂

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