City life, City life and Nature
dusting the basin
a sprinkling of morning snow
trimming my beard -snip!
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swipe of her brush
ceiling paint -droplets of moonlight
spring rain
I enter my saved location (work) in Google Maps. It lets me know it will be a twenty-two minute drive. Google is unaware I intend to avoid the highway and take the airport loop, adding a few more minutes.
Before leaving I turn on the radio and sync my phone. What playlist today? Reggae, Rock (70’s), Classical Indian music, Blues, Baroque? Or maybe skip the music app altogether and try a station’s view of the morning news?
I go with Classical Indian Music.
25…35…45…50 mph
her many droplets
burn into the mountain
morning fog
I return to the highway. Drivers wrap around me like an itchy, but warm wool blanket.
50…45…35…25 mph
Google Maps lets me know I’ve arrived at my destination (work).
Right on time.
I turn the key.
flowering
over a babbling brook
without a quiver
rushing out the door
before the day’s winds -I pause
with the daffodil
cloudy skies reflect
catkins reach -a symphony
flower shop window
in the box truck’s wake
a rumbling in the alley
birch garden sparkles
the tiny crocus
softening cracks in these dry hands
salve in bitter winds
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leafless branches sing
one thousand conversations
a floating feather
I spent last week quietly: off of the computer, no pencil and paper, email or reading. My schedule allowed me to walk in the early morning or afternoon. Below are photographs taken during the week, one for each day:
the old oils flow wet
a freshly painted canvas
Palouse winter fog
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