December 2010
10 posts
A black vulture rides down the north wind of a bright New Year’s Eve cold front.
Dec 31st
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Dec 29th
After dark on a wet evening, two tired missionaries stop so they can pet my dogs. Rain pops on black umbrellas.
Dec 29th
Doves crowd the feeder, huddled gray against the drizzle. A white wing flashes.
Dec 28th
Late December dark— the kinglet returns to find the feeder still there.
Dec 27th
Sunset glow— orange, behind houses. The dogs crunch through the fallen leaves looking for… what?
Dec 9th
My feet ache with cold. I bundle up and go inside, the A/C set for summer.
Dec 7th
A late grasshopper, brown like old bark, leaps away from my winter shadow.
Dec 7th
My dry knuckles crack, bleeding in the morning cold. The dogs tug their leashes.
Dec 3rd
Vapor trails tic-tac-toe the sky. Nothing moves.
Dec 2nd