winter break

so many pages

create a garden of color and shape.

and therese sent me her experiments

with that amazing fiber

hemp

which looks like air, but feels like

well, i'll leave that to your imagination

so i have also been playing with 

shapes as pages fall together

i do get out some

for years this small building has been

one of my absolute favoites 

in the north country

it's very satisfying

and these beings

live on the same farm

this barn foundation is huge

i love it,

i could imagine planning

and caring for 

many many animals.

how changed my life 

if that were me.

turkeys eat sumac now

one of the few available feeds,

near a stretch of road where the road crew

mowed down the entire stretch of very large shrubs. 

and in this deep extended stretch of cold

they are eating the

lemon scented furry berries

which stain my fingers

this break.

 on some days brilliance breaks your heart

and indoors

a new pigment 

stains my fingers

and some hosta paper

ochre, hosta

ochre, fern magic

the ochres are from the same road cut

the hosta from my plants.

the first book from the winters

contact prints

bound overnight in silk

a little piece left over from beautiful silks

a gift from marion.

milkweed kigami

and a weak winter sun

working muscles to make

more of us a wee bit happier.