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Posts Tagged ‘seasons’

Eyes on the prize

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Anticipation curls its tendrils around my abdomen like morning glory vines twisting up the trellis Soon, starshine on the water & circular promises in the sand But, first, the snap and pop of campfire, the ppfffssst of bottlecaps, the susurrus of lakeside laughter.

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Gimme some sugar

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on July 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Summer Song by William Carlos Williams Wanderer moon smiling a faintly ironical smile at this brilliant, dew-moistened summer morning,— a detached sleepily indifferent smile, a wanderer’s smile,— if I should buy a shirt your color and put on a necktie sky-blue where would they carry me?

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Faith

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Won’t kneel on your cushion inches up off the ground or present my tongue for a a wafer of wheat. Won’t spread myself flat on a worn, rolled-out mat Or fast for a spell and then feast. But I’ll pause in the snow after my boot crunch below sends a swarm of winter wrens flying. They [...]

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New post coming soon… really

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on January 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Coming soon: A recap of our California Christmas trip and reflections on 2009. Just need to get some pesky deadlines outta the way first…

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On the eve of November

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Partly haunted, with your swirling blasts of wintry breath, and wind that moans, and leaves pressed flat against trash cans, like hairs glued to a running child’s face. Echoes, fresh in my ears, of tears that fell a lifetime ago. Partly wanted, Your butterfly swarm of exhilaration, expectation of holly bush happiness. Round-headed cartoon kids flying [...]

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Mother Nature’s to do list

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I sat in just this spot yesterday morning, staring absently at a tree down the street whose green leaves had drained to cornmeal yellow. The bright, glowing foliage appeared all the more so against the backdrop of the tree’s dark brown limbs and trunk. But then the showers poured in, and I went about my day. Dusting,  vacuuming, [...]

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Autumn brings ambivalence this year

Posted in career transition, tagged , on September 22, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Usually when the first blush of crimson and gold pokes out amid all that stubborn green on roadside trees, I’m goofy with glee. Nostrils fill with the oddly sweet smells of decay and wood smoke. Cloves and cinnamon sticks bob in saucepans of apple cider. Upstate hillsides shiver beneath blankets of incandescent leaves. Mmmyeah. And then [...]

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Cape countdown

Posted in blogging, tagged , , , on August 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Eleven days. The anticipation rolls like riptides in my belly. Of salt-kissed air. And sand-scratchy floormats. Of a time-forsaken stretch of honky-tonk seaside.  An empty beach, and a ghost guard on high. The looping soundtrack of surf and gulls, laughter and heartsong. Summer’s hushed retreat. Freckles rising like fish to the surface. Of curls brushed alone [...]

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The Tao of … Crayola?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on July 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »

When we rounded the corner in Target and came face to face with an assault of red, orange and yellow back-to-school signs, I was predictably disgusted. In July? Honestly? But I must confess another emotion gripped me first: Glee. In the insta-second it took my brain to flip through the mental calendar and realize it [...]

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Taking root

Posted in blogging, tagged , on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Although the unofficial start to summer came last weekend with Memorial Day, the season never seems real until I plunge my hands into pots of moistened soil and press tender seedlings into place. Cab and I made our first trip to the regional farmer’s market yesterday morning, where we crushed in alongside a bazillion other [...]

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