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Early Visit
One of those happenings that are so small in the scale of events that they could pass unnoticed, but are a delight in themselves … EARLY VISIT dawn comes lightly through fir and cedar shadows stretch across grass and debris … Continue reading
Firstlings
I’m experimenting with a new form these days, an Adnomination: in which you take a morpheme (a root meaning that is shared by many words) and use it in multiple ways. For instance the word ‘time’ which exists as its … Continue reading
With Yellow on the Trees
Fall came early this year and trees are almost bare already. I’ve cut back this year’s raspberries and other berries. We’ve mulched the raised beds, and, with a sigh of relief, can settle into winter, I hope … WITH YELLOW … Continue reading
This Morning
Today is Inventors’ Day in Hungary, and I like the sound of that, a special day for those who try to improve our world. A day when I’m taking just an ordinary morning walk, nothing special to see, but one … Continue reading
When one Sparrow Falls
This month’s birth flowers are the violet and the common primrose; birthstone is the amethyst, which symbolizes piety, humility, spiritual wisdom, and sincerity, all quiet attributes for what is essentially a quiet month though it includes Black History Month, Food … Continue reading
Christmas on the Run
Christmas goes so quickly. We prepare for weeks and it’s gone, all the excitement, the joy, the sharing, the calm centre, gone in a blink, at least, that’s how I find it … A A CHRISTMAS ON THE RUN I … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Christmas story, poem, stars, trees
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Heads Locked
Deer are on the move, rutting in our back woods, and elsewhere, though I haven’t managed to get photos of them in action … HEADS LOCKED I came into the room to get a book but movement on the patio … Continue reading
4 Artefacts senryu
When we travel we seem to see so many old buildings, castles, churches, houses, or artefacts out in the open. It’s fascinating to see how they are placed, what happens around or in them, whether flocks of birds, or waving … Continue reading
On Borrowing Shoes
Nobody loves caterpillars, except children and teachers of young children. Caterpillars, to a gardener, are creepy crawly and they demolish leaves at ninety miles an hour. But – do they wear shoes? ON BORROWING SHOES my caterpillar friends keep their … Continue reading
Posted in caterpillars, poem, shoes
Tagged caterpillars, humour, imagination, poem, season, shoes, summer, trees
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Tree Haiku
Trees. Give shade, nesting space, perching space … They are grand as firs, beautiful as willows, elegant as birches … Trees are as various as the weather, inspiring, changing, always new and different … A squirrel in the fir tree … Continue reading
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