Monthly Archive: January 2017
Catskill mountain. Trailless peak. No Parnassus. Rip Van Winkle. Far-off dream. Second growth. Frozen fountain. Winter chill. Contour lies. Wrong turns. Twists and tropes. Thin air. Wanton lines. Loose rule. Tongues tied. Breath short....
Chief fellow Americans people the world thankless promise together many years power ceremony meaning giving it back to a small group in our nation’s corporate capital has reaped reward while the people have not...
A winter’s day of bushwhacking up the seldom visited ridge of one Catskill high peak and bushwhacking down the seldom-visited ridge of another. At one point a stop to take in a squall-obscured view...
January overhead with thick careless clouds doesn’t need my or anybody’s attention so why then all of a sudden just now above the steep slope of greywacke ledges bare maples birches ashes dying hemlocks...
I’m a slow reader don’t read much fiction mostly poetry and philosophy not that disadvantageous academic stuff but writings that might under other circumstances have been known as music save for an officious card...
Today a carbon copy no that’s old-fashioned a photocopy maybe a meme a knockoff of yesterday except today three inches of snow instead of yesterday’s five of sleet now hidden below like so many...
Statement of Mission: “It is our goal to open the doorways to a functional and fulfilling lifestyle for each and every one of our residents. Our friendly staff of experts treat all residents with...
Oh fie! my birds won’t fly they won’t even come out of their coop save for this dumb-dumb cuckoo—or is it a blackbird?—what do I know or does anybody under these occluded skies dis-augured...
“It is nearing the end of the road for us. Yes, this is for real! Everything must go. After twenty-five years we have sold the building and will be closing the shop sometime in...
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. I take the car in for another oil change, the usual place, Route 9, and sit around in the waiting room suffering once again the big screen...