school online again
i hate how we all suffer
with no leadership
school online again
i hate how we all suffer
with no leadership
a hike can’t save us.
the heat seems to want us dead.
but the masks? yes. yes.

all the Boulderites.
they get it. even on trails.
why is it so hard?

you could have this view.
away from the pandemic.
if you’d just listen.

a small victory
using my hands to plant peas
as they fought spring snow

as they outgrew me
using my hands to pick peas
during quarantine


they made two harvests
using my hands to shell peas
a small victory


a lazy lake day
calmer than a quarantine
peace (so far from peace).



a bike ride downtown
to this perfect patio
almost like old times


a bike ride downtown
on a trail no longer closed
(to me, at least): joy

not what i dreamed of
for our family vacation;
pretty all the same


you wouldn’t believe
how fire Kentucky is
sunsets, family, all


Kansas welcomes us
for our pandemic travel
and his first crossing


screech owls in our park
cycling through the city
quarantine summer


this is our family
working through each glittered pic
and this quarantine

