When I sat down to write a letter at Christmas about our family, our past year and our hopes for the new one, it was in anticipation of what this year might hold, what it might mean to the three of us, to our daughter, to our community and our country. Last night I felt…
Month: August 2008
wednesday morning in the garden
Totem posing,Early opening,Beginning shades of fall.Rock climbing,Decree issuing,White saucers hover over all.Bold summer freckles,Berry-like flowers,A few remnants of early dew.Lily pad hopscotch,The favorite fountain, A sharp angle from me to you.Polite “Good mornings” to our dear Shaw as the church bells begin to chime,Still, listening, one finger per peal,Our visit ends at the stroke of…
mastodons and madagascar moon moths
About twenty miles south of our house you can find some pretty impressive mastodon remains right where they were discovered. E and her dad spent their day off yesterday hiking around and checking them out. This has been on our list of things to do since she read the story Buried in the Backyard and…