Out of Place
It was one of the few freezing cold days of winter with lows around zero and highs we hoped would […]
Even the River
Even the river surrendersdrop by drop to deep winterflows slowly into stillnessas its clear conviction clouds with languor. Sliding by
Winter Garden
“What is essential is invisible to the eye.”–Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince It’s a white dark world Time stops, frozen,
It’s Not Your Turkey
The only color in the landscape that even approaches vivid is the dark emerald of the evergreens on the hillside.
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Lone Little Dipper
“He is the mountain streams’ own darling, the humming-bird of blooming waters, loving rocky ripple-slopes and sheets of foam as
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Mouth Full of Grass, Facing East
Even though dawn is less than an hour away, it is black dark, clear and cold, the stars vibrant crystal
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The Last Aster
Eyelash petals thrust out with intentionthe last purple aster stands stout amidst the pumpkin spice melee of a hillside in high autumn.
Some Dogs
It was an unseasonably warm November day, and my friend and I were walking her two dogs wearing only long
Dead Calf Camp
I don’t see it at first, lying proneon a soft bed of warm brown sugar sandbetween mother and father juniper