Almanac In Ancient Japan a year was measured in 72 microseasons. April Fifth to the Ninth was when Swallows Return, and as the Tenth of May bloomed into the Fourteenth, one could look down and see Worms Surface. It was... Continue Reading →
Man's Most Important Labor "Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man." +++++++++++++++++++++ — Daniel Webster To which I thought "Yes, this is likely so." until I went for coffee watched... Continue Reading →
Birds at the little window feeders Dark-eyed Junco, Pygmy Nuthatch having found it, now arrive every morning Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Bewick's Wren to this magical tray of seeds, corn, manna, pink nectar Rufous Hummingbird, White-crowned Sparrow indignantly ruffled feathers when it... Continue Reading →
Why I Still Have Hope For Humanity is because on a train this morning packed so tight with heart pounding humans of every stripe from chest to beating chest our arms could not be raised, though the filmy heat of... Continue Reading →
Poetry Breakfast 