check list

• puddle jumps
• nearly waterproof boots (nearly...)
• kitten sneezes
• kindly ETA from fellow bus traveler  
• laughing driver pedal down GUNNING THE 1
• temporary reprieve from grey, grey, grey
• 'Couv like vibe (minus the mountains, the Pacific, green abundance, Stanley Park, Commercial Drive...)
• migrating geese
• migrating hope
• returning geese
• returning hope
• Naomi Klein on enviro/economic tangle weave
• many blue signs
• too many blue signs
• Easter dinner invitation
• late blooming amaryllis
• right foot asleep
• Aloha postcard
• lily pods
• uplifting kudos for the Berg
• sleeping Samoyed
• bamboo chimes
• itchy rug
• chirping chirps
• brushing wind
• 30/31
• sun at my back
• out like a lamb

wings

someone should tell the snow faeries about the equinox
i think they missed it
passed out somewhere
wings folded over
sleeping off a hum dinger

someone should tell the snow faeries about the equinox
time for the spring pixies to get up
down
busy

and marzipan

the blanket is coming off
slowly
the melting has begun
in the hallway this afternoon
the air was thick with wieners
and on the bus too
rolling along on the #1:
wieners with marzipan
a layer of sweetness

pull back the blanket
sweetly
s...l...o...w...l....y

the little wednesday

a tummy full of undigested dreams
kitten threads all over the bed
a reluctant return key
suggestions to just start again
a demi of vino
snowmelt through freezing
not my best work but soldiering on
soldering on
sauntering on
solidly on
and all that is solid...

the end of the second

and on the 28th these things are true:
it is clear and cold
clear now that the haze has lifted
and the drifts have drifted on
the keyboard is covered in fuzz
and fur
furry fuzz
it is minus 20 outside
an ant is crawling on the bathroom floor
on the 28th these things are true
in like a lion bring on the third

the sun is waning here

the last Tuesday of February
quiet, soft
still

on the other side
the plates have shifted
the Earth has lifted
turmoil before peace

sending soft light
quiet
hopeful
still

saturday's coyote

crossed our path at 50th street
before doubling back and heading into the Bar

'so a coyote walks into a bar...'
'and then what?' asked the rabbit
before disappearing into the yard

saturday's coyote
was sunday's recollection
and monday's musing
by the fire on Family Day