Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Saturday, July 9, 2016


"when good days came
i would try to contain them gently
the way flour remains
in the sifter until you turn the handle.
time, time. i was a sweet sifter in time
and no one ever knew" --naomi shihab nye

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Summery afternoon

Cat-mint, melissa,
bee balm, yarrow - July's scents-
rosemary and thyme

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

7/6

Eighty-eight degrees,
last night first cicada song,
summer has arrived.

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

—Denise Levertov


Keep writing in the dark:
a record of the night, or
words that pulled you from the depths of unknowing,
words that flew through your mind, strange birds
crying their urgency with human voices,

or opened
as flowers of a tree that blooms
only once in a lifetime:

words that may have power
to make the sun rise again.

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Hooray

Our newest grand-nephew has arrived  today a handsome 8 pounds 13 ounces.