The Great Awakening

I have been feeling dizzy, off kilter, half asleep—as if I have been living in a disturbing dream. I was banned from going to my familiar places—the places that make me whole.

Forbidden from seeing the tiny treasures tucked into the headland fields—like California poppy pods and Vinca major buds.

But this week a trail opened that snakes along the cliffs of the Pacific.

And my dizziness left me amid a wash of wild radish and buckhorn plantain.

I witnessed two bugs, covered with pollen, wrestling on the petals of a poppy.

Pondered a piece of nesting material floating atop emerald grasses.

Saw seed heads joined, tangled, entwined.

I am once again completely awake.

Photos © Sondra Sula.

Take a walk with me by reading my most recent daily devotional book, Meditations on Mendocino by Sondra Sula. Available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle versions.

If you’d prefer a daily river walk, Reflections on the Fox River and Beyond by Sondra Sula, might just be the book for you.