As the afternoon closes on four, the earlier clouds break apart. The brightest sunlight since Saturday bathes the west end of the deck. Tamarack leaves rustle in a passing breeze. Soon, Frankie will return. Then we’ll visit the farmers’ market in Jeffersonville before the family bonfire tonight. sedentary […]
Hope you managed to dry out, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. The Dark Netizen2. Pat R3. Tessa 4. Janice5. Jules6. Deborah 7. Linda Lee Lyberg8. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! The clouds broke in time. Summer temperatures arose in […]
A still pond. Canopies of maple, oak, white birch and pine reflect without blemish across it. Then the first drop falls. Ripples radiate out. More drops; more ripples, overlapping each other. The perfect reflection becomes a wavering array of verdant images twisted on an ever-trembling membrane. Soon, a […]
Tightness in my throat. Remembering Mrs. Zengo’s confused disappointment. How hurt those brown eyes in that wrinkly forehead that creased with her frown. How sorry I felt—and unforgiven—until she realized I brought in an egg for another student’s recipe. I had overheard their conversation and mistakenly thought I […]
It is a pretty bird. An Arts and Crafts instructor at Woodland camp showed us how to make them out of quart-milk containers. She dips papier mache wrapping into different colored dyes to make the foliage. Then she wraps the papier mache around the container. She walks around […]
Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!
