crane blessing

this morning a student brought in 

chocolate chip cookies.

for the class.

i ate one, 

and my temporary crown

fell off.

two teeth disintegrating lately.

but this one was an easy fix.

so i left school to drive 20 minutes through 

amish farm country.

in a field cleared of corn stalks

i saw a wonder.

i couldn't believe my eyes...

great blue herons or green herons or bitterns don't behave 

like this.

instead

 a pair of sandhill cranes.

in june my nephew and i 

saw five of them fly over

a couple miles from here.

but today they were foraging and striding about

as though it was an everyday occurrence

and they had been hanging out here for years.

they were in that cornfield at least an hour.

i saw them on both trips.

i'll keep watch for this marvel! 

~~~

i think that you my friends who blog

aren't hearing from me

not because i'm not there, reading and thinking about your posts,

but because the blogger chain

has split a link.

my comments to you aren't showing.

i am still reading. 

and i still comment...i don't know how to fix this.

ideas?