football goddess the lopsided smile of nike on every jersey

gunshots a neighbor thankful for bullets and the 2nd amendment

thanksgiving day birdsong my morning coffee with friends

cemetery entrance both cannons pointed at us

The Loon's Visit

red morning a fisherman watching the bald eagle's flight

in an old cemetery where the hickories once stood puffball mushrooms

a woolly worm's stripes recording a *normal winter*

day of the dead breakfast the server hands us crayons

lake companion for an hour the loon's visit

late for my appointment the silhouette of a sandhill crane

a drooping flower along with biden's poll numbers

astronomy class I'm not a star pupil

The Photos of Hockey Players

gray weather the woolly bear surrounded by leaves

storm damage my view of the barn door askew 

autumn drive the beer cans outnumber the trash cans

streetscape the yellow glow of hickories

procrastination's calendar maybe tomorrow

an endangered species the moderate republicans

morning cut the magnetic snack clip clinging to the knife

physical therapy my chair under the photos of hockey players

august calendar I mark off the days that separate us

running out of july heat the crayfish chimney

sweetgum tree the sidewalk where I fell last autumn

oregon's deserted highway the day and night terrors of the bootleg fire

*Bootleg fire named after the Bootleg Spring nearby. It's now become the 3rd largest recorded fire in Oregon's history. The fire is now half the size of Rhode Island. It's creating its own weather including hurricane force winds. 

Bootleg Fire News

mud splattered hair a german woman cleaning up the debris of climate change

Historic Flooding in Europe

july's calendar

backyard architecture the dirt castles of ant hills

delta variant maybe it's time to mask up again

toads the only patio furniture I have

somewhere between broke and broken the gate and my bank account

mysterious bird illness the vast emptiness of skies without wings

out of nowhere the plastic bag's flight faster than I can chase it

summer invasives nothing's eating those berries

heat and humidity part of july's calendar

traveling again a paper airplane lands on the rocking chair

morning dj some wild blackberry tunes from the brown thrasher

nature walk our sketches of bluebirds in flight

pizzly hybrids even bears know global warming is real

Pizzly Bears

science center games I don't need my readers for the giant uno cards

acorn energy the squirrels make their own circus

april voting bill a vinyl record spins back to the 60s

faded flag at dawn you can still see the outlines of stars