Wednesday, October 25, 2017

talking with a coyote

yesterday was another weirdly warm day,
 too warm for jeans.
after supper while i was doing some fabric reclamation 
picking some really bad embroidery out of a piece of linen
to make paper with.
i heard them,
the coyote family i've been paying attention to all year.
i went out on my porch to listen, marveling at the warm evening
(and still pissed off about picking up a tick in it
-yes- 
in my YARD)
the family was spread out, some responding from pretty far off and then one howled
just across the road in the brush by my neighbors house, a young one!
then it barked. barked again. so i barked. quiet, then another bark. i barked.
and an exchange ensued, coyote kid and crone in training barking. 
i don't speak coyote, but i have been listening all year,
and i've never heard a single coyote bark for so long,
responding to my cadence and short barks,
so i know there was reciprocation. 
i finally stopped, afraid that that one's curiosity might tempt it across the road
which would not be good. 
my heart sang, or rather barked, all night long.
~~~
two books are brewing
a loom book and a landscape book.
loom book dummy:
it's blurry, but:

                                    and now to build a bigger and better loom book
                                              and see what my needle weaves.

17 comments:

  1. the thread that runs through it! i love it. this is stunning.

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  2. jude, thank, i'm on the edge of something.

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  3. love how you are so in tune with your land & your book is a beauty

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  4. I just left our farm in Washington County NY for my birth state of Texas, where I have not lived for 45 years. An adjustment is taking place, not very comfortable. But I have seen goldenrod in the fields, and there is prickly pear in abundance, and other treasures yet unfound lurking everywhere, I am sure.

    The loom book is inspired, and I cannot wait to see where you go with it.

    I just re-found your blog after first seeing it a couple of years ago (maybe?)and just wanted to say thanks for keeping it and reminding me of something left behind.

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  5. the last photograph...breathtaking....just otherworldly in its Beauty

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  6. mo, i love this place, and thank you, it's a good start.
    kath, welcome back, and i can't imagine returning to texas after ny...best of luck as you do this.
    grace, thanks, the morning sunlight was playful and happy today.

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  7. Velma...love the dancing threads running thru the tiny booklet.

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  8. sue, me, too, thanks for letting me know!

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  9. Song dogs. I love them.

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  10. (I didn't mean to be anonymous... :-) )

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  11. stephanie, thanks for that and for loving the pups!

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  12. You are a wild thing, & your book is alive!

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  13. hazel, i'll eat you up, gRRRRR! and aren't all good books alive?

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  14. Like being a coyote whisperer? I love the book and it’s images - they make my heart sing (but not howl!!!)

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  15. fiona, i often speak in english to animals if i have the chance. but i've not barked with coyote until now!

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  16. I love this book, its very self and shadows...

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  17. suzanna, thank you, it's the start of something interesting

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