April 10

2020
Scavenger hunt
Whiter shades...
2019
Good morning from Lac La Nonne!
2018
They jog in the rain,
Reminding me of Portland,
Except for the snow.
2017
I finish taxes
In time for the sun's farewell.
A lone raven soars.
2016
Late afternoon sun
Anticipates the graceful
Notes of the Baroque.
2013
A must read, for the title if nothing else: In Praise of Messy Lives: Essays by Katie Roiphe
48 degrees,
Grey skies, and....whirling white flakes.
Tree blossoms, not snow.

After 10 months, and
40 bucks, the car's legal.
Guess I plan to stay.

A southwest vision:
A truck bed filled with a huge
Dried out tumbleweed.

Snow on the mountain:
Good thing they sent my warm clothes.
Choosing is so tough!

2012
We both braked for her:
She had beets to retrieve and
A toddler armful.

2011
New green and old moss
Coat dark branches, curly and straight,
Furry and glowing.

I drive south again.
Trees are greener, standing 'midst
Yellow daffodils.

On my first Ashland trip
We stopped at Rice drive-in. Some
Things will never change.

I spend so much time
On untangling wires, yarn, hair
And relationships.

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