Poem for Palm Sunday Your bone broke into four pieces, the surgeon said. North south east west Summer, autumn, winter, spring The earth, the air, the fire, the water Return return return return No return She’s broke and won’t ever be just like before. It’s her season of the upper extremity – This whole shattered… Read More
Could freeze tonight
QUICK UPDATE from the couch: As expected during these milder-than-mild March days and nights, the sap has run continuously since Tuesday, but not with conviction. Today’s crisp air and northwest breeze qualified as sugaring weather, and tonight it is supposed to freeze at last – but then quickly climb out of sugaring weather into the 50’s.… Read More
Go
WEATHER: At 7:30 pm the temp is 61 degrees, Rain is moving in. HOW’S IT RUNNING? So-so. BOILING STATUS: We boiled yesterday evening and again today. The syrup is just delicious. HOW’S THE BROKEN WRIST? Tuesday’s three-hour surgical repair (carpentry? auto mechanics?) went very well. The patient is resting on the couch with her arm propped… Read More
Countdown: 5,4,3,2,1
And Still SUNDAY Maple crowns sunlit and still, Bobcat tracks frozen and still, March air bright and still, Falls Brook a little frozen, a little still, Vacuum pump not on and still, Even the birds mostly resting and still. Walking in the woods, her mind stills. MONDAY And still it’s trying to snow, And still he’s… Read More
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