Tonight I sleep.

I dream of mountains and forests... I dream of crackling fires and sun warmed strawberries... I dream of birds, owls that swoop through the trees and waxwings that feast on the berries... I dream of the first green shoots of fireweed and the elusive morel... I dream of snow and ice and meadows filled with flowers...

I wake with the sun and dance by candlelight... I feel the muscles flex and the wood split... I hear the crunch of snow and the dripping of rain... I smell the trees and taste the flowers... my heart is filled with love and longing.