A Day in the Life, 10 years

2019 Seal Rock Overlook 2018 Ghost Ranch sunrise 2017 iPad can’t stitch photos... The lovely view from my train Is so bucolic. 2018 Oak Hill Cemetery, Lewiston IL Artery-clogging Lunch at Babe's in Havana: Really yummy rings. 2015 Taos Heard at the clinic, "Yeah, I ran over my foot." My insect bite pales. 2013 What animal gnawed The sandy rock builded high? I bend my head back. Finding the sweet spot. Maybe I should just get these And adjust with age. 2012 Watching the sunset, While balloons stand up and glow: I drive the golf cart. 2009 My seatmate choices:  Obese, smelly, psychotic....  We're overflowing. Tres provocative:  Her backpack pulls her skirt up.  I want to tell her

 2016 Warming up the car, I step out and look around. Brrr. 15 degrees. 2015 from SS 2014 A belated thanksgiving, courtesy of Essie... I just received some Licorice and chocolate: Yummy together! I write, and I write And suddenly discover, I am a winner! (I'm not done, though...) 2013 When faced with mud trails, Don't walk them. Make snow sculptures And take their pictures. Complementary: Dark, light, hard, soft, firm, molded. But we can't be friends. It seems black and white But if you look more closely It's complicated. Crisp silent dawning I look for the comet's tail In the stripes of light. Don't walk a muddy trail. Make snow sculptures and take pix. And avoid the thorns, too. 2009 Monday morning haiku:  The young women sit,  Hands wrapped around take-out cups,  Staring straight ahead.

2017 Now that I’m at home I’ve been craving BBQ. This worked quite nicely. 2013 A certain silence Underlies this sunset walk. Ortiz mountain snow.

2019 Portland OR Street art, intentional and non Chinese Garden Random strangers perfectly posed Tranquility in the center of the city Even rain is lovely View from the tea room Rock from Lake Tai Wayne Jiang still lifes More auspicious rock 2018 Ghost Ranch She takes pictures of Jupiter plus its three moons. I adjust the scope. Pretty fluffy clouds Move across the sky and watch Me meditating. 2017 petsitting in Santa Rosa, CA Tomales bakery Voigt outdoor sculpture at Paradise Ridge Winery 2015 Wild plants, UNM Taos Alfalfa, clover family Red belted conch, aka shelf mushroom; boil on simmer, helps immune system Mallow, Mucilage Potentilla: yarfa (yet another rose family astringent) Lambs quarters, aka wild spinach, aka goosefoot aka quelites Yellow clover: not like other clover. Don't try to make tea from it Ever eat an elm tree?! Elm leaf chips or tea Choke cherry jelly: Also known as Capulin. Mom used to make this. 2014 Albuquerque My exacta bet: Cal Chrome , Samraat, ride on cur...