Summer 2013 in Three Moments

#1: “Distance Plus Motion”
From my moving kayak this morning, I saw
two ranks of trees sailing in opposite directions across a hillside where
yesterday there stood a solid wall of green.
The upper stand of trees sailed slowly south, while the lower sailed
majestically north, a verdant voyage
challenging my notion of the land and
animating a façade once stiff with wood.


#2: “Morning Marvelous”
This morning’s marvelous is quiet and small:
an owl contemplates life and resists entropy,
a bit of orange flashes among the trees,
a red boat floats against tall reeds.
I turn my boat towards home and small bubbles rise to show the way.
At my doorstep, a yellow butterfly.



#3: "Short Summer Summary”
Traveling, unpacking, checking boxes on a list, transitioning, walking, waiting to begin, purchasing, arranging, moving, stirring, contemplating, anticipating, waiting to end, escaping, fixing, sewing, puzzling, walking, watching, making new lists, paddling, finishing, filling out forms, turning things on, reading, turning things off, supplying, connecting, preparing, giving, walking, packing, returning.