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

Communing with water and light and rocks . . .

Late afternoon light

mid-coast Maine

the air so clear

Owl's Head

You want to step in that water

and

climb on those rocks

don't you?

xx

Communing with Flowers

Summer:  Maine

The flowers have erupted

all the more appreciated

after the browns and grays of winter

the colors so rich and pure

the petals intricate and lush

or

pure and simple

Nothing we create is as perfect

but

we

keep 

attempting

. . .

in 

story

or

art

but

what a high bar

nature

sets

and

I'll bow

to that

xx

Communing With Rope

Spring almost summer

in this Maine coastal town:

blooming rope

!

I didn't need rope, but this display made me wish I did. I stood there for a long time admiring the colors, wondering what I might use some for.  I couldn't decide.

When I joined my husband at the checkout, I saw that he had chosen a length of red and yellow rope.  

"What's it for?"

"Dunno.  Something."

Love that length of rope. Not sure why.

xx

Father's Day

Love that dad.

xx