Category Archives: Essays

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 »

Somewhere In Between

Imagine you are a wave on the ocean, and you’re born of the salt and the wind. As you are born you see nothing but the blue of the sea and an endless journey before you. You are small and insignificant – there are mightier waves all around you. You are young and light, aqua and translucent. You… Read More »