Watching the snow hiss Bush-sheltered, feather-fluffed bird And a window cat Every snowfall 2022-23 #9, trace

Enough

Not enough snow to make the walking treacherous But still enough to feel emphatically like winter Not enough wind to Continue reading →

Winter came

Winter came this week In snowy drizzle Just a bit each day Under sky grey freeze A little Downy dust Continue reading →

Born today

Was the eight billionth baby Born while her father looked out the window At the year’s first snow? Or in Continue reading →

Marigolds in October

Sunshine’s avatars A golden hullaballoo Against grey October sky Like a jaundiced jungle yellow, orange, magenta, red Belying the juggernaut Continue reading →

What mornings should be

With the storm windows in The outdoors is muted into irrelevance And the loudest sounds Are the cat purring And Continue reading →

In August

In August the garden Which has been tolerating Our pretensions to cultivation Breaks free In a riot of color and Continue reading →

Warning

I wish it would get warm As I stand here watching the squirrels twitch their tails The twitching is Sciuridae Continue reading →