The Original Cubism

Wicked storms blew through

trees down

power out for twelve hours

One result, from the fridge: 

My husband calls it

'the original Cubism'

xx

Communing with Ocean, part two

You are lured in by

the tree-framed view

to stand on the rocks

and breathe

to kneel by water's edge

and admire.

It is good to disappear

into such grandeur

xx

Communing with Ocean

The pull of the ocean is so strong

sun  sand  water

rocks  seaweed  shells

bliss

xx

Sheep Talk

There was some

sheep talk

going on

at the fair

in 

Union, Maine:

I was eavesdropping.

xx

There's an awful lot

of local pressure

for

my next book

to be about

a

cow.

Mm.

xx

The Boy on the Porch

(Coming September 3, 2013)

This is the newest book, out in a few weeks.  

The title floated in my head as I woke one day two years ago, although I did not recognize it as a title. It was merely a phrase, insistent enough that it stuck with me through the morning.  The following day, it appeared again as I awoke, and later that day after a nap, again: "the boy on the porch."  A few days later, again.  And again.  And again.

Okay, okay, okay.  I will write to find out about the boy on the porch!

Student Art: Decorated Envelopes

Fan mail with illustrated envelopes

makes me smile.

Why don't more of us

indulge in this art?

Maybe you will send a letter

to someone today

and decorate its envelope

Mm?

xx