a ~ And indeed there will be time/For the yellow smoke that slides along the street,

Shall I tell you about my sinuses? Because that’s what yellow in the road makes me think of. No? Not much interest in my daily allergy struggles? Neither am I. Let’s talk about time. But that, too, is tedious. Who

a ~ And indeed there will be time/For the yellow smoke that slides along the street,

Shall I tell you about my sinuses? Because that’s what yellow in the road makes me think of. No? Not much interest in my daily allergy struggles? Neither am I. Let’s talk about time. But that, too, is tedious. Who

b ~ And indeed there will be time/For the yellow smoke that slides along the street,

Indeed there will be time this Summer~ To Smell: *The smoke from the grill as it mixes and mingles with the smells from all the grills from the houses up and down our street. *The flowers that we’ve picked from

b ~ And indeed there will be time/For the yellow smoke that slides along the street,

Indeed there will be time this Summer~ To Smell: *The smoke from the grill as it mixes and mingles with the smells from all the grills from the houses up and down our street. *The flowers that we’ve picked from

b ~ Curled once about the house, and fell asleep

Most every evening as the light begins to drain from the sky, the three of us can be found in our beds lost in our own worlds. We read and read and read. Somehow I always last the longest. As

b ~ Curled once about the house, and fell asleep

Most every evening as the light begins to drain from the sky, the three of us can be found in our beds lost in our own worlds. We read and read and read. Somehow I always last the longest. As

a ~ Curled once about the house, and fell asleep

We have a snake living in our compost pile. It’s not really a compost pile. We have chickens, and therefore no compost. And we don’t even throw compost any where near this particular pile, but I don’t know what else

a ~ Curled once about the house, and fell asleep

We have a snake living in our compost pile. It’s not really a compost pile. We have chickens, and therefore no compost. And we don’t even throw compost any where near this particular pile, but I don’t know what else

a ~ And seeing that it was a soft October night

I am done with spring. Spring, move on. I have had it with breathing through soup. I am done with the ever-present sinus headache. The lawn, the garden, the paddocks are mocking me and I’ve had enough. I’ve heard October

a ~ And seeing that it was a soft October night

I am done with spring. Spring, move on. I have had it with breathing through soup. I am done with the ever-present sinus headache. The lawn, the garden, the paddocks are mocking me and I’ve had enough. I’ve heard October

b ~ And seeing that it was a soft October night

May feels like a beginning. The birds, the budding, the bicycles to and fro-ing. It seems like summer is luxuriously stretched out before us—ripe for the taking. Internally it feels more like September is the true beginning; with the pencils

b ~ And seeing that it was a soft October night

May feels like a beginning. The birds, the budding, the bicycles to and fro-ing. It seems like summer is luxuriously stretched out before us—ripe for the taking. Internally it feels more like September is the true beginning; with the pencils

b ~ Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap

Dear Me, (about to enter your senior year of high school) There will be times when you are unsure what you are doing. Quite often in fact. Yet I hope you will persist. It’s difficult to face this truth, but

b ~ Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap

Dear Me, (about to enter your senior year of high school) There will be times when you are unsure what you are doing. Quite often in fact. Yet I hope you will persist. It’s difficult to face this truth, but

a ~ Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap

One summer during college I worked as a caregiver for an elderly woman, Mrs. S., who lived by the ocean three months of every year. I drove her to restaurants; I washed her windows, I drove her home to Boston every

a ~ Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap

One summer during college I worked as a caregiver for an elderly woman, Mrs. S., who lived by the ocean three months of every year. I drove her to restaurants; I washed her windows, I drove her home to Boston every

b ~ Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys,

Ah, those chimney sweeps. At a certain time of year, when the air starts to have a crispness to it, I read a book at storytime called “When Autumn Comes.” As I read and the children look at the photos of leaves and

b ~ Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys,

Ah, those chimney sweeps. At a certain time of year, when the air starts to have a crispness to it, I read a book at storytime called “When Autumn Comes.” As I read and the children look at the photos of leaves and

a ~ Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys,

These days we aren’t lighting fires for warmth. It’s purely a comfort thing. B and I, in the midst of a Tuesday or Thursday when we are at home and the rest of the world is occupied elsewhere, we pack

a ~ Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys,

These days we aren’t lighting fires for warmth. It’s purely a comfort thing. B and I, in the midst of a Tuesday or Thursday when we are at home and the rest of the world is occupied elsewhere, we pack