Feb. 2 I said that I would let the universe bring me my dog. I pushed the river a little, let my community know that I was looking for a dog, told my real estate person, the county facebook page. But I stopped looking at Petfinder. I stopped googling bouvier puppies. I wanted to rescue…
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220109 sad: raven and sun dogs
Jan. 9 The raven flew across the meadow going east, overtaking me as I walked east, myself, towards the house. I laughed when I could suddenly see that I was flying, I was the raven flying, though I never left my own body, I was still the one walking. I saw the long chain of…
211027 afraid
Oct. 27 Now and then the wind picks up the leaves for a little dance. They swirl like the snow devils to come. (Wallace Stevens) * It was when I said, “I will not be afraid any more.” that the pain got worse! For two days I was much worse again. That’s why the poem…
210807 two days apple sisters
August 6, Friday Early morning, the sun has just risen. I gave up trying to sleep, sat on the porch, and watched the stars all night. I saw one falling, and there were faint flashes high in the atmosphere – heat lightning? Haven’t seen it before in my life so far away or so high…
210630 Butter-and-eggs
June 30 Butter-and-eggs is one of my favorite meadow flowers, their charming name and tiny white and yellow snap-dragon florets.They remind me of my mother. But then most wildflowers invoke her presence. I have been unable to write since the 20th of June. Today I have been on the porch watching a rainstorm cross the…
210412 Mumma’s Busy Day
Apr. 12 The sky is turning pink along the south hills. (I was up today before the dawn.) A Ruffed Grouse is drumming on the ridge. Sounds like a gas generator starting up. And a woodpecker is knocking. A skein of geese went over, honking. I seemed to have a lot to do yesterday. My…
210410 Birds
Apr. 10 The first vulture to appear over our meadow arrived on the 31st. of March. Yesterday, K saw a pair. I hope it was our original with a mate! Perhaps they will come and live here! After the last snow, April’s fools’ joke, Robins began to show up in ones and twos, then a…
210226 Parenting Covid Children
Feb. 26 Covid Day 353 This is a pandemic. “No one said it would be easy. No one said it’d be this hard.” * It is harder for us grown-ups than for the children perhaps. A child takes life as it comes. It is what it is. Consider…
210224 Snowshoes and a Breaking Stone.
Feb. 24 What do you make of this sky? It is 0 degrees this morning and the sun shines between the passing clouds. The snow is melting ahead of the icicles. Last year the snowdrops were blooming on March 15, and here is Indre at the beach on March 14, three years ago. She takes…