Posted on May 31, 2025
by tara caribou
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The morning sky, lightening from black to midnight blue, blue to lavender, and then pink on the impossibly far-off horizon. My first glimpses of a new future. I pass through a wall of peace as I cross the county line. This is what home… Continue Reading “The First Fields at Sunrise”
Category: tara caribouTags: Beautiful, Change, Friendship, Happiness, Heart, Landscape, Life, Nature, Peace, Personal Growth, Poetry, Rural Living, Share, tara caribou, Thoughts
Posted on May 22, 2025
by tara caribou
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Supreme peace and love fill my heart as I listen to dozens of birds warble and chirp and squawk and honk A special place, an island across a marsh, aged trees stand tall, some leaning with old age, aching for the changes they’ve seen … Continue Reading “Reflections from Bird Sanctuary Island”
Category: tara caribouTags: Beautiful, Friendship, Happiness, Hope, Iowa, Love, Memories, Mental Health, Nature, Peace, Poetry, Rural Living, Simple Life, tara caribou, Thoughts, Writing
Posted on December 15, 2023
by tara caribou
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“Revolution Calling” a novel by Ray Van Horn, Jr.
Category: Fiction Book, Raw Earth Ink BooksTags: 80s, Author, Book, Book Release, Bullying, Coming of Age, Counterculture, Eighties, Fiction, Growing Up, Heavy Metal Culture, High School, Love, Novel, Out Now, Promotion, Published, Ray Van Horn Jr, Recommendation, Rural Living, Share, Small Town America, Subculture
Posted on June 27, 2023
by tara caribou
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“Tiny House, Big Mountain” a novel by Patrick Gillespie
Category: Fiction Book, Raw Earth Ink BooksTags: Addiction, Author, Book, Book Release, Coming of Age, Magical Realism, Modern Folk Lore, Near Death Experience, Novel, Out Now, Patrick Gillespie, Promotion, Published, Recommendation, Recovery, Rural Living, Share, Tales from the Green Mountains
Posted on January 23, 2023
by tara caribou
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Hello my friends, so far I’m having a nice winter. Nothing too crazy, not too cold, not too wet, just peaceful. I am content. I spend a fair amount of time watching the wildlife and just nature in general. It is often my source… Continue Reading “January Visitors”
Category: Photography and Life, tara caribouTags: Alaska, Alaska Life, Beautiful, Cottontail Bunny, Happiness, Moose, Nature, Peace, Photo, Photography, Rabbit, Rural Living, Share, Snow, Winter
Posted on January 10, 2023
by tara caribou
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It’s been winter cold, though not extremely so, which means shorter jaunts outside… particularly when the wind is blowing. A quick walk down the beach to shoot a few photos, face/hands/legs numb, but it was worth it! Stay warm! tara caribou | ©2023 all… Continue Reading “Icy Cold”
Category: Photography and Life, tara caribouTags: Alaska, Beach, Beautiful, Cold, Get Outside, Life, Moose, Peace, Photo, Photography, Rural Living, Share, Simple Life, Snowflake, Winter
Posted on August 21, 2022
by tara caribou
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Set-net salmon fishing from this year. We set the net a couple hours before high tide and pull it in whenever we know there’s a few salmon caught. We do this until a few hours past high tide. There 1-2 high tides a day,… Continue Reading “Salmon Fishing in July”
Category: Photography and Life, tara caribouTags: About Me, Alaska, Beach, Beautiful, Fishing, Nature, Ocean, Peace, Photo, Photography, Rural Living, Salmon, Share, Simple Life, Subsistence, Summer
Posted on August 14, 2022
by tara caribou
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I’ll share a couple summer-photo posts from the last couple months. Any follower of my blog knows I’m generally quite busy in summer with harvesting, fishing, and processing of foods. This year I also have a house being built as well as tending a… Continue Reading “Bunnies & Birds (and something gross) Photography”
Category: Photography and Life, tara caribouTags: Alaska, Beach, Beautiful, Bunny, Crow, Happiness, Life, Moose, Peace, Photo, Photography, Rabbit, Rural Living, Seagull, Share, Simple Life, Summer
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