01.31.2011

"big snow is coming!"

predicting 20 inches

pfffft….  divide by 4.

* ok, I was wrong - it really was a big blizzard... this time.

01.30.2011

terrible movie

comical commentary

MST3K 

01.29.2011

clear blue skies above

clouds thicken over the lake

snow is on the way

01.28.2011

I can see the sun! 

the days are getting longer

the year is turning

01.27.2011

snow falls in half light,

takes me to another place --

somewhere in a dream

01.26.2011

new yoga teacher.

sheesh – I didn’t even know

I have muscles there.

01.25.2011

dry brown leaf holds on
curled up like an old cocoon
pointless chrysalis

01.24.2011

tough-skinned, but with a

heart of gold, inner sweetness.

winter oranges.

01.23.2011

I’m in a snow globe.

softest fluffy flakes float down

outside my window.

01.22.2011

where did I put it?

frantic search, heart in my throat…

... right here all along.

01.21.2011

muffler ‘round my face,

breathing in warm wooly air.

the smell of winter.

01.20.2011

the full moon in a

winter sky.  brilliant and cold,

illuminating…

01.19.2011

animal tracks criss-

crossing the snow, like leaded

windows all of white.

01.18.2011

wings outstretched welcome

the sun and play with the light.

Calatrava soaring.

01.17.2011

bare trees patiently

wait, clothed in snowy couture,

graceful and lovely.

01.16.2011

arctic chill creeps back.

winter burrowing in like

a frigid badger.

01.15.2011

snow sifting down like

confectioner’s sugar on

house and car shaped cakes.   

01.14.2011

trombone concerto -

mellow, bellow, high and low,

raucous, joyful… smooth.

01.13.2011

cold lonely beach, with

meandering snow-fence, dreams

of sun-kissed summers.

01.12.2011

howling and moaning,

the wind begs to be let in,

eager to freeze me.

01.11.2011

ponderous clouds, the

air preternaturally

clear, cinematic.

01.10.2011

cracks appear in the

black river ice, ominous

portents of danger

01.09.2011

Jupiter hanging

in the night sky, my witness

and my companion.

01.08.2011

days spent at home are

never long enough for me.

I always want more.

01.07.2011

a frantic flapping

as feathered wings flutter and flash. 

panicky pigeons.

11.06.2011

I write one haiku

plus two more haiku makes three

haiku.  how ‘bout you?

11.05.2011

the “commissioner

of generals” was on the

bus.  I saluted.

01.04.2011

patches of white snow

on black asphalt, very like

a pinto pony

white speckled with tan

spots where the salt melted through:

an appaloosa

01.03.2011

rising sun begins

to burn the sky, rekindled

embers of morning

01.02.2011

taking it easy.

just doing a whole lotta

nuthin.  lovely day.

01.01.2011

“twenty-eleven”

sure has a nice ring to it.

glad for the new year.

12.31.2010

new year’s eve. second

only to valentine’s day

as my favorite hate.

12.30.2010

mountain valley – clouds

at their ease on the slopes, like

children after play

12.29.2010

driving through mountains

rain – sleet – trees – rivers – the sea!

blue skies and sea foam

12.28.2010

exploring Eugene, Tom

and I walk and talk and eat,

a friendly (wet) town.

12.27.2010

flying through clouds, we

seem not to be moving at

all, save for the noise.