Our lives are really surrounded by springs both big and small The energy found inside them serves us every day Our cars have springs in brakes and doors hidden here and there Kitchens have them every where in drawers and doors and little machines switches and light fixtures all rely on the power in the [...]
History is laced with them keystones of the seasons little wedges placed just so at just the right time and place to connect the dots Governments come and go people swirling, dancing briefly passing on and far away So often, it seems to me just a little group just a few folks take control Fists [...]
<Two very different groups share the night time hours One stays up late into the wee small hours the other awakens early charged with waiting for the sunrise Some establishments sit, quiet mornings, abandoned, slowly stirring afternoons, coming awake evenings Music begins cigarettes are lit alcohol begins to flow Relief from work breaks out greeting, [...]
Now, folks in Seattle know their rain! It falls, ever so gently and so often. It creates lush flora and fauna and cleans the air crystal clear scenes are precious. The prairie folks in the flyover zone have a different rain Horizontal, they call it Let me explain Just yesterday I labored inside a brand [...]
The rain on the plain can flood the fields and cause some plants to drown Nothing to do but watch it happen and wait and wait The warmth of the sun and breezes blowing soak up the lakes in time But the plants are dead and the bare spot beckons rich soil, waiting At just [...]
HJ came, one day, to the village of Tolono Walked out west to stake his claim plough and ply, plant and harvest feed his family and others First he built a lean to just next to a tiny stream water every day, necessity close at hand Winter came the family huddled somehow they survived Cold [...]
Childhood memories hold them and all through school they went Feelings of 'wanting out!" start itching with the warmth of sun and longer days Yawning in the morning sun shaking off the frost I walk across the frozen skin soon to be blackened mud Cold iron lies in waiting engines wintered long oil like syrup [...]
The Japanese Maple long a favorite nestles just outside my door The frosty nights and sunny days have spurred the richest color Red Not just any but one that cries out "Life!" Electric! Once a medic half century a farmer I've seen the color before On others, injured, on me, minor cuts The brightest red [...]
So like the Creator to color so richly! Splash the palette! Throw it at the earth! Look at what's happened! Grass as fresh as springtime green and growing and loving the cool, the wet Tree trunks blackened with rain India inked and clinging leaves But some, get this, some with colors defying Gold and yellow [...]
Our pool sits abandoned it's called 'global warming' No matter we set records for cold and cold again No matter we're wearing coats in mid July in Illinois Hold fast we must to the notions above What are we thinking or are we thinking at all? Have patience, we urge don't jump from the ship [...]