August Coronatine Accomplishments

oldest in college

(concurrent enrollment win)

(can remove spiders)

youngest wants hair cut

just in time for her birthday

my new career–ha!)

Too Hot to Believe

only this sunrise

shaped by feared wildfires

could make these strange scenes

Only So Many Days

we’re taking this risk

because it’s what we both love

and without love, what?

Zucchini Therapy (Bless You, Barbara Kingsolver)

Zoom meeting hell day

computers that will not work

need zucchini love

Coronatine Revamped

Zoom meetings drain me

but how sweet these tomatoes

and basil, with love

Zucchini Has Friends

cucumbers are here!

and what better potatoes

than purple, from home?

Still the One (Twenty-two Years)

you can’t get this far

without climbing some mountains

oh, but the aspens.

Colors of the Sky

we’re home now. screen time.

i want to keep the rainbow.

the perfect sunset pic.

the lake moon rising.

the soothing sound of tent rain.

just being. outside.

Note to Path-Following Cyclists

please shout, “On your left!”

while passing pedestrians

(also cyclists)

i know that you can.

don’t pass me as i pass peds

(don’t be an assbike)

Rainbow Roots

of little promise

this underdeveloped root

(thought i’d just get blooms)

but underground joy

arrives when you keep digging

to find the rainbow