Tuesday, February 19, 2013

This Blog Has Moved!

I have moved this blog to Daphne's Haiku and Other Small Stones so that all four (I know it is absurd) of my blogs are now on WordPress.  Thanks for following me there and changing your bookmarks, etc.

Monday, February 18, 2013

February 18, 2013


three crows
in conversation
fragrant Sweet box

practicing guitar
selecting
a book’s interior
reading and
napping

Sunday, February 17, 2013

February 17, 2013


starless night
walking barefoot
to the hot tub

playing guitar
learning scales
trying to play chords
finishing Les Miserables
an afternoon nap

Saturday, February 16, 2013

February 16, 2013


still and moving
layers of clouds
wind chimes 

the last strings
of outdoor lights
taken down
first snowdrop blooms
a caterpillar stops by

Friday, February 15, 2013

February 15, 2013


sunbeams
across a solitary fir
spider webs glisten

therapy appointment
haircut and errands
first guitar lesson
student turns teacher
warm sunny day

February 14, 2013


a hint of yellow
daffodil buds
a squirrel on the fence

last day
before mid-winter break
vet visit between
tutoring sessions
sprained paw

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

February 13, 2013


rearranging
dresser drawers
a crow caws

early morning
vet visit
cat has a dental
tutoring, teaching,
and therapy

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

February 12, 2013


walking barefoot
in dew-drenched grass
a cyclamen

marking papers
cataloguing books
a nap in my recliner
more students
winds picking up

Monday, February 11, 2013

February 11, 2013


surrounded 
by conifers
a woodpecker

writing e-mails
reading more of
Les Miserables
dental check-up
friend’s visit

Sunday, February 10, 2013

February 10, 2013



fresh bark
around the hellebore
the dogs dig

another 
new song
on my guitar
napping and reading
with two cats

Saturday, February 9, 2013

February 9, 2013


one string at a time
winter lights
coming down

learning 
two songs
on my guitar
reading Les Miserables
vet visit

Friday, February 8, 2013

February 8, 2013


clouds hiking
across the sky
the dogs chase

therapy appointment
lunch with a friend
tuning my guitar
playing my first song
Twinkle, Twinkle

Thursday, February 7, 2013

February 7, 2013


the sun
in my eyes
morning shower

cataloguing
fifteen books
trying to tune
my new guitar
tutoring four students

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

February 6, 2013


nearly in bloom
the first snow drops
strong winds

cataloguing
books
teaching
my bridge class
therapy

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

February 5, 2013


bubbles 
tickle my ear
hot tub soak

busy morning
working with
books and students
sun alternating
with rain

Monday, February 4, 2013

February 4, 2013


stepping
from the hot tub
a slug

my hot tub and sauna
serviced
household chores
reading
Les Miserables

Sunday, February 3, 2013

February 3, 2013


hidden
in the cheese
a pill

reading the book
Les Miserables
while listening
to Les Miserables
the musical

Saturday, February 2, 2013

February 2, 2013


orange-red sky
an airplane trail
swirling toward the firs

writing a blurb
for the back cover
of my haiku book
seeing the movie
Les Miserables

Friday, February 1, 2013

February 1, 2013


hanging the towel
next to a spider
an orange mist

therapy appointment
phone conference
with my publisher
tutoring session
a sunny day