Not Optimal
It began to hail mid-afternoon, tiny ice chunks bouncing off the truck bed, but still no real deluge, so I continued working…
Footprints
The woods roads are clogged with debris, and so the mind walks its rounds upon what has fallen away…
Sacred Soil
Entering the village at twilight, I noticed an abnormal number of cars around the green, and muffled groups of oddly garbed pedestrians,both small & large, weaving and bobbing, at road's edge…
Not Stopping
Tammy showed up with her tractor about noon, roaring up the slope, with a bucket ready to work...
Unexpected Danger
There's a detour on the main river road, so finding my way home after a trip to town offers up choices, and since one of my tires is compromised...
Cloudy & Cool
The day was cloudy & cool: a respite from recent sweat shop conditions not necessarily normal for late September, but not unheard of…
Where She Took Me
If you could pick any place besides your usual, to have a beer, and sit in chairs & watch the moon rise, it would be this...
Late Flowers
The love of flowering, in all its phases, is a miracle I feel honored to behold...
Winding Down
One more sunny day predicted before the upward swing of a hurricane along the coast moves in...
Hidden Ridge
Turning the sharp, steep left onto Hidden Ridge Rd., a deja vu began to creep its way into my consciousness & I won't recount all the gory details here, but I had been there before, either in a dream or as another me…