Through the Window Glass

If you scroll back one day in this blog

you'll see this same view

in

different weather

and if you were to lean in closer

on this snowy day

you'd pass through

the window glass

and be right here

right now

. . .

xx

Inside Out, Outside In

Shadows on an upstairs railing

mimic the slim trees outside

stretching upward

and

the cold clear waters of the pond

mirror the pure perfect blue 

of the sky on this cold windy wintry day

in Maine

and the sun
that floating white light orb
(can you see it?)
is a reflection


entering the window behind me
and flinging itself into
the sky opposite
and bouncing back inside
onto my small head

I don't know if I am
outside or inside
sometimes

xx

Maiden's Cliff

Maiden's Cliff

Camden, Maine

a beautiful hike

with beloved people

and dogs, too

Most of us wearing neon orange

to alert hunters

to our presence

Such a day!

xx

Red Wheelbarrow

so much depends

upon

a red wheel

barrow

laden with brown

leaves

beside the white

birches

xx

Wicked Restroom

Check out the 'wicked' restroom

at the Farnsworth Museum

in Rockland, Maine. . .

This ties in with their current

Wizard of Oz 

display. . .

Makes you smile, mm?

xx

Writers Gather

Some of the writers and illustrators

and other noted book people

at the recent Rhode Island Festival

of Children's Books & Authors:

Kate Messner with Professor Susannah Richards

Chris Van Allsburg with Jarrett Krosoczka

Gregory Mone with Avi

Editor Susan Rich with Dan Santat

and the illusive Lemony Snickett

**

Much love for enthusiastic readers

and much love for fellow writers 

and illustrators

and book lovers.

We did laugh an awful LOT.

xx

The Harbor

Down in the harbor

boatmen and women

are making repairs

steadily preparing

to wrap up for winter

cocooning

as the sun 

slides lower and lower

in the sky

and the dinghies

lie in wait

for their final shuttles

of the season

. . .

xx