today's journey

"you're not a human on a spiritual journey, you're a spirit on a human journey."

a quote from a pine ridge organizer of skateboarding youth

think on this--

 my neighbor's small barn, 

with stripy roof

 wild cuke, looks like my hair

 when mine first dries this happens

 last night when i stepped into the shower

i saw this small one

 after the shower it went outside

how do these guys get in my house?

mice galore this fall-

many, many trapped so far.

 today i went to lake placid

to drop off five works for an invitational show

the big little art show

opening next friday, should you be in the area.

don't know if i'll make the opening, but four of the rock books will appear. 

the fifth is too BIG.

 i went all the way to keene valley

 a somewhat dizzying drive when the leaves are off

 but it was beautiful

 at home there are a few things i wanted to share: from carol

 from therese

 carol's new book is out

 a wonderul gift from frank

 he certainly has a lot to say about spuds

and the like

i'm reading this,

another very fine book.

 and these came

 elissa campbell's work

yep, i won these!!!

and this guy got none of my 

excellent potato salad from

the lakeside deli in saranac lake.

it was watching, waiting.

morning commute

 work days are long lately

but on daylight savings time these mornings

 i get to see

waterfowl.

these geese are NOT swimming

they are walking on water--

ice actually.

 a bit further along my route i get to see these beings.

 i love the sunlight on them.

 they're practically lifelike

aflame, even

 and they exist only on amish farms.

where at each end of the day

i see teams of workhorses hitched and tied at the ends of rows

of corn grown against the dearth of winter.

 surprise!

 just outside of the town

where i'm working now

(and teaching a few extra hours)

there was what looked like a pullover of some kind 

(it's usually a car and a call on a cell phone)

it was, however,

a young man driving this hefty team

he was preforming a maneuver 

with the tree and harness.

the horses were getting untangled it looked like.

7:35 this morning.

oh very tired!

it arrived yesterday.

it's beautiful.

heavy.

a really nifty book.

 out the window this morning there still was snow.

it was 20 degrees. cold.

i've been tutoring two hours after school

this week.

i'm very tired,

but it's worth it. 

he's coming along.

i, however, am slowly fading away. 

10 hour days plus travel

are a bit much.

but then there's the book!

Shifu Sanka

waits at home with a few others

capturing my attention.

(more on those in a litttle bit.)

new web site

happy singing in blogland!

 borrowing aimee's heart to say

happy new website to the amazing

susan byrd

who is over at the byrd's nest

i'm not sure if sue knows that i have

rather a thing for birds' nests

but her new book is on the market

and i'm waiting for my copy to arrive.

 this made me a little nostalgic…

 and i pulled out some photos

of my first shifu book

spring walk

 a list of sights seen

on my frequent walks

around my old farm

i think this one is special

and have used it many times

to talk about how a book can come together

in a way that is just right.

spring walk. 

2009

autumn evening (right now)

2013.

~~~

not a fan

i am definitely not a fan

of daylight savings time.

i go home

later now because of the new school

and a student i tutor

and it will be dark so early.

arrgh.

 so the week we just 

said goodbye to

was full.

many

 books came to my house:

 but by far

the most special was this one

another by carol blinn

guess what it's about!

 beaver are newly busy

over at the new place

 they get to work and nail the aspens

stealth chewers,

 better than a tupper lake logger.

 this startled me on my walk tonight

 all light and shadow

and edges

 two feed sacks on the

barbed wire

we had a big wind on friday

as the front moved through.

 a textile?

 a fence.

 and the six calves

separated from their mums

came trotting and snorting and asking

for a photo shoot

how could i not oblige?

another edge

in front of my pasture.

autumn today, really chilly

clear, sunny, hat and mittens weather

again.