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24 SSPC 6 (2nd wk) — First Frost (Soukou) (Oct 23 – Nov 6)

Perennial Funeral The growing season has included a give and take with the local seed bank. I picked up sulphur orange cosmos seeds from them and donated the rest of a pack of black beauty zucchini seeds to them after keeping and planting five. I also donated the rest of a pack of mammoth sunflower…

POPO2023 bonus card 1

To Kerfe Just as I begin this poem a Congress of Crows flies and calls across the back field. They bring me gifts in a soft grey sky. You see, this morning they arrive wing-weary from carrying home from suenodora realms timeless hieroglyphs in their beaks. I thank them, turn each one, and they speak.

Halloween 2023 Blizzard plus a silver lining bonus at the end

Remember yesterday with the amusing turkey video? Remember how nice and fall-like it was? Remember the tire blow-out and the new tire on order and the donut? I did not want to drive on the donut as the guy at the tire shop said don’t go over 50mph on it. But I had a massage…

Doodads — Day Before Halloween

Sunday night was the concert, which was wonderful. The drive over to Grand Rapids and back was fine, even if I did lose my way a little on the way back. (When you’re on Monroe and the directions say head towards Ottawa, but when you ask the attendant where it is he doesn’t say go…

POPO2023 Day 31

This is the final day of the Poetry Postcard Festival Sharing of the 31 postcards with poems sent out. But stay tuned, everyone. There will be some bonus posts that carry over into November. There will be the two that I sent to Alexandra and Kerfe. There will also be the post with a photo…

Music Review — Loreena McKennitt: The Visit Revisted Tour

I cannot think of better music for the Halloween/Samhain season than Loreena McKennitt! Last night a friend and I went to see her and her small ensemble perform at the DeVos Performance Hall in Grand Rapids, MI. I bought the tickets awhile back and so was able to get row 7 and at my preferred…

POPO2023 Day 30

Georges Seurat, “The Bank of the Seine” Each morning I make my way to the water. Sun climbs above trees on the far bank as locals fill in spaces on knolls and in and upon the river. Strangers to each other, yet all comfortable in our appreciation of nature’s welcome.