Sage run
October 27, 2009 at 5:37 pm | In Poems, Running | Leave a Commentscrub
destination
unknown sage rocks
shin listed by a log stripe
red scab formed by yesterday’s living bush
hopefully sage – not oak, poison
every step on stones and dirt rises a dust cloud
particles attach themselves to shins coated in a sheen of sweat
a temporary tan
effective sunscreen
and onward
upward to
destination
perhaps
turn onto well traveled trail
look back for bearings
up
steeper
up
steeper
walk
steeper
hands on rocks
burst of sound — quail
up
Up
Up
drink in distance
flat ocean horizon
and rocks lizards scamper
skeleton peaks over a stone
and up
top wise – one stone – pinnacle
tall secure – a middle finger in the sky
and you stand on it
down is slow, just
step
precarious
new lizards
new sharp branches
poison oak you didn’t see
up
down
down
slide slip
down
and again – a meadow
a gray brown sage
a burst of sound – coyote
bounds away perked ears plump healthy body
eyes you plod away
sweat drops now cover
glasses
drops form at the bill of your cap.
another hill
no sound – a bunny
a vulture
a swarm of insects head height
appetizers… nutrition
on the run
haiku
September 19, 2009 at 7:32 am | In haiku | Leave a CommentScrub Jay. A peanut
fixation. She squawks mornings
and brings her youngling
Wow, still thinking happy
July 10, 2009 at 4:27 pm | In Musings, happiness | Leave a CommentBack in 1989 I was a college student at Eastern Washington University. Fall Quarter of my Sophomore year I took an extra class – Happiness – Philosophy 4 hundred level… This is what came out of it. My final paper.
I still think about some of the conclusions we came to… I think that class helped frame the way I look at the world today.
here’s a link to it. I posted it as from 1989.
Buckeye sandwich
July 10, 2009 at 12:42 pm | In recipes | Leave a CommentI updated my buckeye recipe to a new and fun version that turns it into a sandwich cookie – surrounded by shortbread. They’re yummy. When I manage to keep them around long enough to take a picture, I’ll add it to the recipe post.
New story
July 6, 2009 at 4:15 pm | In Musings | Leave a CommentWrote a short story this month – posted it over on the story time page – here’s a link to it to save you those precious moments it would take to get there.
I’ll probably be tweaking it a bit here and there… there may well be a typo or two. My apologies if they offend you.
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