extremes

i will tell you that it rained.

HARD.

beginning around 3 AM it rained 

all day monday.

there were floods, the roads underwater

washing out a bit

and just down the road from my house

i eased past a van 

that hydroplaned sideways in the depths.

 i've never seen such rain here

 and then again it rained thursday

and water was standing in the yard. wet everywhere.

saturated.

my job has been to heal.

which is on its own schedule

not the one i want it to follow.

 so i've been around the place a lot

(sleeping a lot)

which now really is jungleized.

and i'm watching this year's teenagers.

all awkward

and funny

and i've been

 enjoying the hollyhocks

that began at my friend's house

years and years ago.

 on the front stoop yesterday

the bunnies were bold.

they are all eyes, ears, and nose

and leg

 sweet cottontail.

a shifu heart from a friend

warmed my heart

and another card with shifu and spun gold!

it's still july,

but i've felt august and even september

playing games around the corners.

two sunny days, now.

i'm thinking of the end of august

when i will be co-teaching one book arts class twice a week

at st. lawrence university

with melissa schulenburg.

i'm really happy about that committment

giving structure to my autumn

without the responsibility of a full teaching load.

 i'm happy to be working with students again.

this time older and a bit more mature, maybe.

~~~

back from my walk

and i realize i'm not back yet. 

i forgot my manners.

thank you all for your well wishes. 

i am healing well, more slowly than i had expected, but thoroughly

as far as i can tell.

things are working a bit better, 

though naps are still necessary.

again, thank you.