Thoughts from a warm winter walk
Uniformly brown trunks punctuated by red berries.
Ducks waddling towards me. Two boys for every girl.
Eyes soaking up the ochre grass, steel gray water and smoke colored sky.
River banks carved as neatly as Halloween pumpkins. Tomorrow is coming.
Conversation with a 12 year old
She has these catch phrases: Young Man, That Disturbs Me and Would You Like Another Detention? Sometimes, he said, she uses them all in one sentance, “Youngmanthatdisturbsmewouldyoulikeanotherdetention?”