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Showing posts with label the skein of days. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the skein of days. Show all posts

Friday, February 9, 2024

Observation, February 9th, 2024, Friday

a warm February

today is cooler than it has been

 

there is a breeze,

it rattles my windows




Sunday, October 8, 2023

Observation - October 8th, 2023, Sunday

the sun is shing

leaves are falling

there is a chill in the air

it is cold in the apartment,

            though the windows are closed

I have not yet

lit the furnace




Saturday, July 8, 2023

Observation - July 8th, 2023, Saturday

 It is quiet… there is the soft sound of air moving through a fan, and the quiet hum of its motor…turning.

 Above that I hear a choir of monks singing the liturgy of the hours, it is nine o’clock in the morning and the hour is Terce.

 The coffee in my cup is warm, and there is a coal burning in the ashtray, smoke drifting from the burning end of a marijuana cigarette…commercial grade.

 There is woodpecker knocking on a tree, the sound comes through the window with the cool summer morning.




Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Observation - February 8th, 2023, Wednesday

February 8th, 2023, Wednesday

Observation

 

 Ambulance pulling up across the street

 Lights and sirens…beep…beep

 Window shades tinted with blue and red

 A gurney clatters for the dead




Sunday, January 8, 2023

Observation - January 8th, 2023, Sunday

January 8th, 2023, Sunday

Observation

 

 The maple’s north face is covered in snow

 Outside my window, bare branches like

 Twisted fingers in the freezing cold






Sunday, November 6, 2022

November 6th, 2022, Sunday

 
Observation

 

The November sun is bright at 8:00 am

 

The crooked finger of bare trees…clawing

Shadows scratching at the window blinds

 

Daylight savings today, with a hint of winter

The scent of cold things, late-autumn leaves

 

Drying in the stiff-breeze

 

The sound of water boiling in the kettle

Calling me to coffee and the taste of chocolate