Monday, May 17, 2021






empowering

native plants through

honeysuckle removal

the bee balm

restoring itself

Saturday, May 1, 2021

tabletop launch pad--

the matchbox car 

rockets into space

before splashing down

in the cat's water bowl

the two of us exploring 

the kimmswick bone bed

what would it be like 

to stand in the shadow

of a mastodon


Sunday, April 25, 2021

vacation pictures 

taken at the edge of a cliff

the past not nearly

as exhilarating as when

it was our future

Thursday, April 22, 2021

I still have

the mirror you gave me

with its gold-plated roses

not long after you

dislocated my jaw

Monday, April 19, 2021

another layer added

to the earth's core

so many chapters 

in this novel 

we may never finish


Friday, March 12, 2021

reclaiming

some lost territory 

from my childhood

 the imprint of pebbles 

 on the soles of my feet


Shaw Nature Reserve


Saturday, February 20, 2021

I am glad I will not be young in a future without wilderness. 

~ Aldo Leopold

Aldo Leopold


November 6, 1951


do you remember

trudging through the snow

when november

turned into a blizzard

even trailblazers get lost

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

bluebirds have returned

to the nesting box

in the bur oak tree

I know that your spirit 

will always be with me


Saturday, December 12, 2020

mom's birthday
so close to christmas
memories of you
in every star
that lights the tree



Happy Birthday, Mom!
(1919-1996)