Sunday, March 31, 2013

So much depends upon . . .


so much depends
upon

a white frozen
pond

near the dark
mountain

beneath the blue
winter
sky

xx

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Student Art: Ruby Holler


Have I said how much I 
LOVE
student artwork?

Love
love 
love
it.

A privileged glimpse
inside their heads.

Such gifts!

xx

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Most Best and Dignified


(Click to enlarge)

"Beautiful"!

"Most best"!

"Dignified"!

Welllll, okayyyy!

Love this envelope.

(And the old wooden table beneath it is pretty cool, too.)

xx





Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The Boy on the Porch: first look


Whoah!
This really surprised me:
the arrival today of an 
advance reader's copy 
(ARC)
of 
THE BOY ON THE PORCH
!

It will be published in September.
I wasn't expecting an advance copy
so soon.

But here it is, a gift.
It's a book.
No longer sheets of paper
marked with corrections.
A book.

I'd better go read it.
Hope it's good.

xx


Monday, March 4, 2013

Cows


In the far pasture
the Belted Galloway cows
(the "Oreo Cows")


Zinny
(not a Belted Galloway)


the nose of
Zola
(a Belted Galloway)


Communion:
cow and girl

*
A year ago 
I finished a book
in which a boy loves a cow

not knowing that soon
my granddaughter would
love cows, too.

Cows.
Mm.

xx