Category Archives: Essays

Echoes of Winter

  And though today I walk away from things familiar too, I’ll make new footprints in the snow, where once the flowers grew; Guided by a dream unseen; a dream that will not die, My footprints winding through the snow; beneath a twilight sky. Each day I set aside an hour of my day to take a walk.… Read More »

How to Care for a Dead Turkey

Dead turkeys make lousy pets. And it’s really hard to care for something that doesn’t need anything because it’s dead. I mean, you can’t comfort it, or feed it, or nurse it back to health. But you will be surprised to learn that a dead turkey requires more care than a live one.And did you know that a… Read More »

A Dove in the Snow

I think that this time of year, when darkness comes early and the nights are cold, is a thoughtful time; it is a time of reflection. The dead, brown, leaves on the ground, the stark, bare, brittle branches reaching up in their futile attempt to reach the summer sun, a sun now hidden behind gray, icy, sullen clouds,… Read More »

The History of TC and EB

We have had many ask the story about how  Thundercloud and I met and how we developed Cloudeight… so the story begins: Darcy (EB) wrote this in 2008 — things have changed so much in the last five years — but the history is still the same. We hope you all enjoy this little trip back to the… Read More »

Columbus Day

Why don’t we have a Michael Vick Day? Or a Lindsay Lohan Day? Or a Osama bin Laden Day? Because it would be ridiculous, that’s why. We’d never honor a villain as a hero would we? Why most  of today’s heroes aren’t worthy. We all want our heroes to be real heroes – someone we can respect and… Read More »

One Last Walk on the Beach

The wind, salty and cool, rushed past me, stinging my face and singing to me its ancient song – but not a lullaby, more like a symphony. I heard it and it was compelling. I reached out to you but you had gone and I looked up in the mist and saw you walking far in front of me.… Read More »