Cambridge, Massachusetts
Early spring maples have begun to show their florets.
Minuscule, delicate flowers just about to open-up,
and a squirrel munches with delight, in the morning sunshine.
Whose side are you on? Nature does not ask...
25 March 2023
Little Rascal
20 March 2023
17 March 2023
In Colors
Heywood's Meadow, Walden Pond State Reservation, Massachusetts
We reach the Heywood's...
Snowy whites mingle with reddish browns on the ground,
while leafy blushes imbue the blue-sky ripples.
Canada geese are sauntering the waterways and
Mallards leave the trail marks behind,
as if their time is forever...
13 March 2023
With Others
Lincoln Conservation Land, Massachusetts
I look at this young beech
gilded with radiant leaves,
singing and dancing on the slightest breeze.
Shines among pines...
09 March 2023
A Touch of Snow
Lincoln Conservation Land, Massachusetts
Walking Lincoln woodlands...
Some snow on the ground raises the spirits of these sleepy woods.
Highlights the finest branches, fallen leaves, and some more...
rolling canvas,
a lively show of all those usually missing in the play.
And I observe...
01 March 2023
Let me Have the Ordinary
Walden Pond, Massachusetts
I omit the unusual - the hurricanes and earthquakes - and describe the common.
This has the greatest charm and is the true theme of the poetry.
You may have the extraordinary for your province,
if you will let me have the ordinary.
Give me...
the smallest share of all things but poetic perception.
...but the eyes to see the things which you possess.
HENRY D. THOREAU, Journals, August 28, 1851
25 February 2023
Some Remain
Walden Pond, Massachusetts
We hear them on our walks, those tshcick-a-dee-dee sounds that raise winter spirits.
Somewhere in the crowns, flying from branch to branch,
always in motion but almost never too close to be seen...
And then comes the view, among nearby branches.
Hops, stops, cleans her feathers in a jiffy, hops...
Makes me feel good about this mild winter...
