These days aren’t getting any longer and there’s so much we still say we should do this summer. It’s easy to think fall is nearly here though it’s almost 90 degrees today. I said to Rosie the other day that summer feels like one big event.
August arrives
A little short of breath
Inhale, exhale, go
It’s in constant [...]
sun and wind
clouds every shape
green leaves
and grass
popsicles and
lemonade
i’m not joking
chips and salsa
beer and cheese
and white wine
in the backyard
burgers
on the deck
walks
ice cream cones
boat anchored
swimming
on a sandbar
hotrods
on university
afternoon rain
weekend construction
driving
here and there
an hour our own
off again
bonfires
fireflies
in the damp woods
air conditioning
and fans
sweat and cold water
from the sink
on my face
sunglasses
baseball cap
sunburn
and bugs
and bug dope
and sunscreen
long evenings
kickball and drinks
coolers and [...]
Springtime around here
The trees wear their leaves
like the college girls wear their
brand new
spaghetti strap
tank tops
There are days when it seems like
not enough
and days when it seems
too much
The trees budded out yesterday, about a day earlier than last year. I drive across the mighty Mississippi River with it’s 36,0002-mile watershed worth of water on my way to and from work every day and I always look at the river and the trees as I cross the bridge high above the water.
The tree [...]
Monday evening, after a daytime high well into the 70s, I rode my bike to the beer store, bought a twelver of Leinie’s Original cans, bungeed it to my bike rack and rode home.
That same night, Rosie and I went to the first barbecue of the year over at Scrubs and Wrench’s. I wore shorts [...]
You rock / rock. / The rock just sits and is. / You show us how to just sit here / and that’s what we need.
It is cold here in Minnesota right now. I don’t know if the rest of the nation is aware of that. It is windy, rainy, damp, dreary. And it [...]
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