Category Archives: summer

A Road, A Tree, A Room of Bright Questions

There is a lone tree in the middle of a rolling meadow of amber dry grass next to a dirt road that leads to an old gold rush town in the foothills of California. The tree is a bare black … Continue reading →

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A Bit of Summer Rain/ 4 Rainy Poems

It has been raining a bit around here, the gentle, cool, rain of late summer, a lot like spring. The season is shifting. The light is retreating in little backward steps to the tip-toe encroachment of shadows, the same dance, … Continue reading →

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Housing Ideas

As my summer wanes and the dreaded paperwork again rears its head like a country of a thousand whispering deaths. As Russia asserts its world power by overrunning its neighbor. As unusual August rain comes and goes over the last … Continue reading →

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A Day at the Beach

I was just hanging out at low tide with some old friends and took some pictures. Nice. We have been blessed with the most perfect summer. I haven’t been to the beach in a long time even though there are … Continue reading →

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If You Can Dance on the Wind, the Fall is not so Bad

We flew our kite at school today and the wind took it high into the blue. It shone bright yellow and the green of new spring leaves with a tail the color of fire. the kite spun and danced in … Continue reading →

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