June 30, 2011

season’s first

sprinklers watering

butterfly flits by

rough day

ending well

computer transfer 

complete

quiet evening

June 29, 2011

arm-chair travel

never leaving

the island

ten year old beetle 

28,000 miles  

homebody

new bank accounts

tutoring math

computer transfers

dog gets dental work

very long day

June 28, 2011

broken promises

crows cawing

music to my ears

overwhelmed

lots happening

lots not happening

finding ways just

to stay present

June 27, 2011

chickadee

keeps watch

atop fence post 

robin catching

worms enjoys

freshly dug trench

half-birthday

new computer

arrives

day spent in 

transfer

learning curves

keep getting them

at sixty-five

some are steep

satisfactory progress

exhaustion

new computer up

and running

time to call it

a wonderful day

June 26, 2011

washing pine needles

from my shower

crows caw

taking out

recycling

dragonfly zooms by  

white trail

across blue sky

rainbow flag   

rescuing katydid 

freshly picked lettuce  

summer salad  

pride weekend 

celebrating on twitter

rocks  

scrap your

prerogatives and

misprisions

prerogative

of the internet

bleeping in and out

misprision to

deny this

dsl ups and

downs signal

changing access

switching to

iPad

quiet day

of solitude

rearranged pantry

wrote blog post

and poetry

poosa licks

oliver’s nose

family adjusting

to new member

happiness

sunday afternoon

fiberoptic cable cut

by protestors

miles away

right to protest

versus social life

of recluse

internet dependence

prudence decrees

multiple connection methods

reconnected

recluse breathes again

June 25, 2011

two slugs

exploring

morning shower

three crows

around the pond

butterfly watches

destroying cultures

lost civilizations

too stiff a price

lost species

lost cultures

for what?

across the yard

crows exercise

their prerogatives

abuse of prerogatives

crows exauctorate

squirrels across the fence

before he was

exauctorated

he exercised

all his

prerogatives

the auctioneer

used his prerogative

to close the bidding

before he was

exauctorated

chauncey’s bath

laundry and chores

quiet saturday

writing blog post

and poetry

June 24, 2011

back on island

squirrel bounces

across grass

sleeping

at my feet

dogs glad I’m home 

pink flowers

hummers and butterflies

feeding

surgeon’s appointment

he’s pleased

with my healing

so why do I

feel so punk

rainbow flag

rehung before

pride weekend

text messages

from daughter

June 23, 2011

son’s passion

100 mile trail races

in green shoes

a peramene chaffer

making a wafer

rhyme not safer

errands run

sprinkler installation

feeling punk

reassuring Oliver

vacuums and saws

not to chaffer

makes for a

peramene day

bickering birds

not withstanding

June 22, 2011

in academia

collecting degrees

safe haven

graduations

students rejoice

bittersweet

solstice pizazz

hopeful style

aphoristic holp

help, holp, holp

grammar lessons

using aphoristic

details

students groan

quiet day

nice nap

slow recovery

day turns

sunny

June 21, 2011

summer solstice

butterfly

drinking nectar

stonehenge

ancient knowledge

mystical form

mocha tea

a rubicund

mistake

what style

what pizazz

solstice debut

solstice mistake

mocha style

rubicund pizazz

crossing

the rubicund

sunburn on

the solstice

faeries laugh

dragons

turning landscape

rubicund

as faeries drink

mocha chai

scared dog

finds comfort

at my feet

new dishwasher

installed

June 19, 2011

you loved me

in your own way

miss you

father and mother

tough job

survivors

picking lettuce

for salad

crows caw

creative juices

not flowing

dammed up

surgery swollen

sinuses

quiet sunday

sleeping in my recliner

covered in and 

surrounded by

furry companions

June 18, 2011

new dog

family grows

rearranging

every sound

spooking new

family member

power outage

vet home visit

generator hums

feeling punk

from surgery

friend brings me

smoothie and vegan 

chocolate cheesecake

day filled with

loving pets

power outage

vet visit

recliner rest

June 17, 2011

returning 

from morning shower

hummingbirds

breakfast pickings

twelve fresh

strawberries

what joy

it will be

when finally

my nose

I can blow

newly adopted

oliver joins

chauncey, poosa

thackeray, sasha,

laoise, and me

June 16, 2011

recovering

in my recliner

sasha purrs

driving in Ireland

son map reading

finding all tiny roads

doyen

living in a cave

hardihood

sleeping

in my recliner

tending to

me and my pets

recovery

a doyen

demonstrates

hardihood

throwing a bolt

into the sky

hardihood

dickensmith

thackerayson

victorian

novelists

June 15, 2011

day of surgery

well wishes from

a pair of slugs

full moon

students bouncing

off the walls

slugs

wandering from

one side

of the fence

to the other

June 14, 2011

hummingbirds 

dart in and around

rainbow flag

exhaustion

getting ready

for surgery

tomorrow

I can rest

text message

from my daughter

life turns

into pure

joy

June 13, 2011

wind blowing

raining pine needles

crow swoops by

penchant for work

leaps and plunges

into the abyss

sweep and parry

plunge

and bolt

crows frolic

in the yard

monday morning

depression

lifted by

fellow twitter

poets

new front door

and shower head

visit from 

dear friends

super monday

June 12, 2011

imprisoned

cocoon opens

butterfly soars

granddaughter 

using toy drill

to heal hurts

son, wife, granddaughter

come to island for a visit

lots of fun

granddaughter is a 

princess

June 11, 2011

daphne 

becomes laurel

foiling apollo

splitting headache

reminds me surgery 

only option

contrived parleys

pique

my anger

playground parleys

pique

ponderous pundits

east coast

too hot

west coast

too cold

balance please

quiet day

tweeting

writing poetry

doing laundry

resting

dogs to groomers

therapy and massage

saying goodbye to 

a dear friend

overcast skies

unseasonably cold

vet house call

construction guys

everywhere

still fridays

even with

total chaos

feel better than

any other weekday

June 10, 2011

three hummingbirds

flying through the

pond fountain

dogs to groomers

last massage with

best massage therapist

found first ripe strawberry

good visit from vet

June 9, 2011

no closets

rainbows shine

pride parades

graduation

jessica kellie zoe

evan sierra stephen

so proud

of you all

June 7, 2011

wind chimes

dancing in the wind

night time company

walking softly

honoring life

for me vegan

arriving home

utterly exhausted

greeted

by a lovely slug

on my purple ramp

June 6, 2011

harried monday

a white butterfly 

flits by

lucy and jane

soak peanuts

in birdbath

sunny day

birds singing

butterflies flitting

not bothered

by my worries

hot days

bring out 

heliotropes

enjoying 

kustard

circuit breakers blowing

which one?

missing panel cover

demanding workmen

late workmen

contractor in canada

students to be tutored

will they graduate?

overwhelmed and alone

just a monday morning

June 5, 2011

crow 

in birdbath

old dog sleeps

picking lettuce

for a salad

birds chirp

balancing

bank statement

crow caws

chickadees

drink at birdbath

crows elsewhere

two crows

sitting in

my birdbath

i name them

lucy and jane

penultimate massage

dear friend

moving for internship

becoming midwife

bittersweet

June 4, 2011

surgeon oncologist

both come to the island

special cat

taking out trash

a crow

swoops down 

dm from son

day shines

brighter

goldfinch

hops around

backyard pond

photo opportunity

missed

June 3, 2011

a fly

casts a shadow

on a purple deck

morning shower

without a cherry-picker

spider scurries away

yoga

in my shower

a squirrel runs past

one squirrel

two dogs two spiders

birds singing

fanfaronade

loss of cogent

thought

swift current

accounts for

bell loss

adolescence

fanfaronade

replaces cogent actions

space travel

cat launches off

bookcase

son suggests

june visit

no reply

schedule change

mom wonders

mother’s grief

children

become adults

slamming 

door shut

sunny day

wildlife count

3 flies, 2 spiders

one squirrel

sasha’s last chemo

June 2, 2011

morning shower

with spectators

a slug and a tree trimmer

i rankle

at being in a pillory

for everything

students studying

math and chemistry

sun pouring in

fir branches casting

shadows