A hilltop moment...
A lonely hill, surrounded by more;
a place to think, to recapture time
![Out and about walking a favorite cemetery... Out and about walking a favorite cemetery...](images/stateopen.jpg)
A pickup's bed, aclash with iron
a stream to ford, a trail to climb
![The road not traveled... The road not traveled...](images/stateroad.jpg)
A writer's walk, no longer quiet.
A daytime slumber by sound disturbed...
![A pause... A pause...](images/statebarn.jpg)
A hunters cry, another's flight;
a motion heard as much as seen
![...and a look about ...and a look about](images/stateshift.jpg)
The writer's search turned outward now
Leaves shield night's shadow and yet...
![...and at the limit of my camera and lens... ...and at the limit of my camera and lens...](images/leaves.jpg)
Time and time, and space to breathe
on edge of vision, there to see
![...awakened by the truck's noise. ...awakened by the truck's noise.](images/owl.jpg)
"State of mind, a hilltop moment" was shot August 6, 2006 at Academy Cemetery, Academy, California