“Step”
Small feet want to run,
patter over stones and brush,
learning to balance.
Steve D
Small feet want to run,
patter over stones and brush,
learning to balance.
Steve D
Does anyone else feel like 2021 isn’t real yet? I’m not going to set personal goals for 2021. 2020 was such an off year that I feel like I need to take this year to re-baseline everything I thought I knew.
The entire year. Continue reading “January Write Day: New Year, Same Goals”
Fingers grasp through gloves,
little boots march, find purchase,
enjoying the climb.
Steve D
Bundled up to hike,
singing and watching the woods.
Then the cold seeped in.
Steve D
Around the valley
and up switchback trails until
you come to the top.
Steve D
Skeleton river
whose bones kick up dust, dreaming
of the rain’s return.
Steve D
Fresh pine and smoked wood;
breathe deeply the mountain air
over scenic views.
Steve D
From everything.
The wife and I are headed to Colorado this weekend for a wedding in the mountains — sure to be a beautiful time. After that, I’ll be visiting my sister in Nevada.
Hooray for new places! Continue reading “Friday Write-Day: Time for a Break”
Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving/weekend. I spent much of my long weekend in the mountains, where we had temperatures from bitter cold to chilly-but-nice. That’s the Appalachians for you. My mini vacation gave me some inspiration for our next monthly theme, but we’ll get to that.
November featured our regular contributors again, with a galumphing theme which carried the symbolic depth I had hoped it would. Continue reading “December’s Theme: Tracking Mud through the House”