For years I’ve tried to get two plants into my garden: baptisia or indigo and Amsonia or blue star. The baptisia has very distinctive pea-like foliage. Imagine my surprise yesterday when I saw a stand of Amsonia blooming in my … Continue reading →
I was just telling mom that maybe this year I had finally waited too long to put out the oxalis plant, that there was no sign of life. I think that about every year because I never remember to start … Continue reading →
Waiting room full of Those prepared to pass the time And a loud tv. Loud television Full of advice for others Caring, talking heads. Some books and Kindles IPads, smart phones and laptops And one loud tv. * Mom having … Continue reading →
Out-spread, angry wings Quacking protest against sky Blackbird torments hawk. Buff white, angry wings Bleating protests high wheeling Persistent blackbird Big hawk, really light underwings. Small blackbird everywhere at once. It sounded like a duck quacking, sadly.
“Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach. ” Continue reading →
Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.
