acorn energy the squirrels make their own circus

oil rig fire* the gulf of mexico on course to become the next dead sea

*originally I had explosion but the media has since downgraded this to fire.  There's been so many conflicting reports about this incident I'm not sure what to believe.  Maybe keeping us confused is a good way to divert attention from the oil sheen spotted earlier which has mysteriously disappeared.

a cloudless hello not following any blog but sunrise

an orange sky reminding me of the chalk from st. joseph's flavored aspirin

an umbrella no help for a damp cough taking in more rain

a fair weather vane the kingbird's song at sunrise

lifting my spirits young tomato plants in the garden

a future with less of everything except the gallons of oil spilling into the gulf

goodbye from april the flashing neon of another storm

movers and shakers the earth juggling itself every day

undeterred by mowed grass the optimism of dandelions 

"I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning," said Alice a little timidly: "but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then."




~Lewis Carroll


news of volcanic eruptions my stay-at-home travel plans unchanged

every day is earth day the skink sunning itself on the woodpile