Monthly Archives: January 2014

A grand tree grows on our property a beach tree whose branches shadow out beyond expectations. Whose limbs are stronger than many trees. Whose leaves against the sun create a great circle of shade and comfort in our meadow. The … Continue reading →

I’m an old man but I didn’t mind until the neighbor moved. His little son don’t ride past on his bicycle anymore. The little daughter in the overalls won’t giggle on my porch while I tell her the story for … Continue reading →

“…and then you’ll come to a split in the road, boy’ Yeah, you’ll come to the fork. One’ll go off to the right, then up the mountain. T’ other’ll sort of veer off left, t’go round. One’s easy, other’s hard… … Continue reading →

Night erased days wood floors, brass bed, cotton curtains perished in black. Terrified by dark, he squat, arms locked ’round knees, frozen, too far gone to whimper, stared into a blank hole ’till a faint took him across the border, … Continue reading →

That day in mid-September, sea gulls whose squawks and scoldings more often mix with surf and buoy bells were heard keening among pines and maples in hills above the river. They knew. Blue jays nesting near Freers Farm, typically talkative, … Continue reading →

I am no agoraphobe I am instead a phototrope! My home’s the sun I turn my face to. Why call me strange? Why go out into daylight when it’s so dark out there?

He was playing Quarterback for both sides in a pick up game of flag football. 18 months after he lost his leg 12 months after he learned to walk on his wooden one At first I was reluctant to rush … Continue reading →

yet, when I see my little baby little champ, part of me filling my living with drops of hope, worry and doorjamb inch marks, I love. yet when I see my little boy Champ! of whom I am part sucking … Continue reading →

I’m a tuxedo soul In an overall body I don’t own the slim suave lines suggested for a slick Manhattan midnight my shoulders are blocky, my chest is too big my belly protrudes a bit and my overalls fit quite … Continue reading →

when trains rumble up and out of the great tunnels they leave behind a little light in the darkness it’s never altogether blind in there, every 100 feet or so, a little glowing bulb. and when those bulbs have glowed … Continue reading →