staying inside

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:52:17 -0600

little miss dress-up

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 20:45:52 -0600

solo days

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:04:17 -0600

Levi’s been out of town with other staff and faculty at a board meeting the past few days. They were supposed to be home yesterday, but were held back another night due to blizzard conditions. So I’m still waiting ... wondering if they’re getting closer to home ... hoping and praying that they’re safe. I always miss Levi when he’s away, and I know Avery must be wondering what happened to Daddy, but we’ve managed to fill our four solo days quite happily with ....

stepping up

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:39:53 -0600

I’d stepped out on the porch this morning to have a clear shot at the albino bees on our trees and was surprised to see a little face peeking out the window at me! Looks like someone has finally figured out how to use the much-valued, much-used-upside-down, step stool in the way it was intended to be used.

silent as a winter tree

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:41:12 -0600

When All the World is Full of Snow

I never know
just where to go,
when all the world
is full of snow.

I do not want
to make a track,
not even
to the shed and back.

I only want
to watch and wait,
while snow moths settle
on the gate,

and swarming frost flakes
fill the trees
with billions
of albino bees.

I only want
myself to be
as silent as
a winter tree,

to hear the swirling
stillness grow,
when all the world
is full of snow.

- N.M. Bodecker