Have you savored the transience of the Wild Iris enough, haijin? Many of you did! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Li/Lisa2. Pat R3. Tessa Dean4. Dave Madden5. joem18b6. s.s. 7. Linda Lee Lyberg8. Jane Dougherty9. Eugenia10. Jules11. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr12. Kerfe Roig 13. […]
The neighborhood Fourth of July fireworks ceased sometime during the night. Now, the only sounds are the intermittent birdsongs, the rustle of breeze-tussled leaves, and the hum of a dryer exhaust. The sun approaches zenith. The last clouds dispersed. Sunlight-bathed blades of grass look a radiant green. The […]
I bring Frankie out of his bedroom. It is 10:00PM, but he was not asleep. The Yankees play the Orioles in the Bronx. It is the top of the ninth inning; the home team has a three-run lead. A fitting way for Derek Jeter, the Yankee Captain, to […]
Not the way. Whatever is not the way soon ends… Laoxi, from Lao-Tzu: A Book about the Way and the power of the Way, Ursula K. Le Guin Are we sure? We have walked this road for a long time. Footstep after footstep across the soft earth of […]
We hit the road for Minnewaska State Park Preserve, in the Shawangunk Mountains outside New Paltz, NY, by 7:30. Arriving just before 9:00, we join the fortunate, 50%-of-park-capacity visitors admitted before the gates close. Of course, since park personnel direct us to the Awosting Falls parking lot, we […]
Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!
