The last frickin' thing
I wanted to do tonight
was be grateful.
But then,
out walking,
I spotted a dog
that made me smile
and the hard crust
of my day
cracked a little.
A.H.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Double Robin
Announcing itself
from the top of nearby tree
first robin of spring.
Competitive Birding
Blithely pronounce
robin sighting
to fellow birdists
and they trump
with varied thrush.
A.H.
from the top of nearby tree
first robin of spring.
Competitive Birding
Blithely pronounce
robin sighting
to fellow birdists
and they trump
with varied thrush.
A.H.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Ecological Literacy Test
You might not be ecologically literate if:
- you think carbon credits are something you get at a jewelry store
- you think climate change means adjusting the thermostat
-you wonder what state plastic is grown in
-you confuse global warming with a hot flash
A.H.
- you think carbon credits are something you get at a jewelry store
- you think climate change means adjusting the thermostat
-you wonder what state plastic is grown in
-you confuse global warming with a hot flash
A.H.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Is It Spring Yet?
Winter's grasp broken,
see how the Canada geese
write hope in the sky.
Newly arrived geese
balance gingerly on ice
on Reflection Lake.
A.H.
see how the Canada geese
write hope in the sky.
Newly arrived geese
balance gingerly on ice
on Reflection Lake.
A.H.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Outpatient Kidney Transplant
Wow!
A new high (or would it be low?)
when insurance person asked
-twice!-
if a kidney transplant
is an outpatient procedure.
Wanted to say I
-the social worker-
would be doing it
later today
in my office
but didn't want
to further confuse her.
Had probably already
distracted her by answering
her question
"Are you calling from New Jersey?"
with
"I am SO not calling from New Jersey."
A.H.
A new high (or would it be low?)
when insurance person asked
-twice!-
if a kidney transplant
is an outpatient procedure.
Wanted to say I
-the social worker-
would be doing it
later today
in my office
but didn't want
to further confuse her.
Had probably already
distracted her by answering
her question
"Are you calling from New Jersey?"
with
"I am SO not calling from New Jersey."
A.H.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Almost Spring Haiku Times Three
Land of blackened snow
where break up is hard to do.
Welcome to Grungeville.
On the cusp of spring
raven gargling a marble,
anticipation.
It can't be long now
before springtime overwhelms.
The gulls have returned.
A.H.
where break up is hard to do.
Welcome to Grungeville.
On the cusp of spring
raven gargling a marble,
anticipation.
It can't be long now
before springtime overwhelms.
The gulls have returned.
A.H.
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Liquefaction and Other Worries
Things To Worry About
1) Back fat
2) Did I turn the coffee pot
off?
3) The e-mail fired off in
irritation and haste
4) Liquefaction
Things I have some control over:
back fat, coffee pot, e-mails
Things I have no control over
but am being told I should “be haunted by” – liquefaction.
“All Alaskans should be haunted
by liquefaction.” Michael West, state seismologist, Anchorage Daily News, March
24, 2014
Liquefaction: a phenomenon in
which the strength and stiffness of a soil is reduced by earthquake shaking
i.e. solid ground turns into jello.
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