Yearly Archives: 2008

jolted

snow trickles away browbeaten by the returning sun sublimed into the blue pavement and bricks naked as the wintered trees echo startled footsteps birdsong and traffic chatter brash and loud passing voices erupt saucily winter’s muffled caution is gone spring … Continue reading

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environmentalist

I insulate; I pound my chest; seek power from the sky; I polish up my SUV; and still you ask me why the earth is in rebellion and ice is melting down and soil is blowing off the fields— and … Continue reading

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a little carpentry

My sons came home to help my arthritic shoulders raise high the roof (read: install a new ceiling in the upstairs bathroom). The old ceiling has been flaky: paint and plaster falling like errant snow. The word “help” is relative: … Continue reading

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