“Each minute bursts in the burning room,   
The great globe reels in the solar fire,   
Spinning the trivial and unique away.
(How all things flash! How all things flare!)   
What am I now that I was then?   
May memory restore again and again   
The smallest color of the smallest day:   … Read the rest

It’s January and I get a text. It’s from Brad. He says he’s coming in from California for a few days and wants to hang. Excellent! I tell him I’ll spread the word. I’m sure I can wrangle some of friends to make it a bigger gathering. “Not necessary. I’m … Read the rest

It has been so wet stones glaze in moss;
everything blooms coldly.

I expect you. I thought one night it was you
at the base of the drive, you at the foot of the stairs,

you in a shiver of light, but each time
leaves in wind revealed themselves,

the … Read the rest

“I want a dog!”

And not just any dog, my daughter wants (No! Needs!) a small fluffy dog she could love and who would love her back. “I promise I’ll walk it three times a day.” Promises.

How about a cat?

“Two cats?”

One cat. One is enough … … Read the rest

This December I’ve spent time buying gifts, reading, socializing, exploring and searching for a lawyer.

Last December I did much the same. But last year I had what was later diagnosed as pneumonia. A doctor, not my doctor he was too busy with other patients, took my temperature and stuck … Read the rest

I gaze out the window. Tiny flakes of snow slowly drift down coating the cars in the parking lot.  It’s March, days before a new season begins.

OK, time to go. Kiss your wife. 

I do as I’m told and I lean in and kiss her forhead like I would … Read the rest

Summertime evenings on the hill watching her play.  New faces, new playmates.

Tag! You’re it!

The setting sun, warm west winds , and sloping seas of wildflowers wave …

Those are called Queen Anne’s Lace.

Do you know who Queen Anne was?  Neither do I.  Want to walk?

Can I … Read the rest

https://youtu.be/A-C1VRcGqes… Read the rest