Late April Interlude
Cerulean sky. Gentle breeze invites the birches to dance.
Mullah Nasruddin in the Rose Garden
As Nasruddin was walking home one day, he decided to take the long way through a rose garden instead of the usual road. The roses were all in bloom, and the scent was heavenly. But as he strolled the garden, he slipped in the mud and crashed into some rose bushes. He was badly bruised
Wake-Up Call
Like a bear I came out of hibernation for a look at the warm world.
April Surprise
Five inches of snow Fell last night. Nature likes her little jokes.
Maybe Time in New Hampshire
Spring is the teasing season. Will today be fair? Anybody’s guess.
New Hampshire April
In full spring lilacs burst gloriously into peals of silent song.
Breakfast
The bear emerged from its den, stretched, yawned, ate its peas with honey.
Improvement
Cory Booker broke Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech in the Senate’s history. Thurmond promoted vicious racism. Booker protested Trump’s vicious attempt to shred the Constitution.
Point of View
To a migration of birds, the things of man are beside the point.
Loss of Faith
We are here as on a darkling plain Where ignorant armies clash by night. – Matthew Arnold