summer – noun | self–em·ployed | \ˈsə-mər\ : the warmest season of the year that is after spring and before autumn Summer seems to have snuck into our lives here at the Craig house. The boys have been out of school for more than a week, but I was traveling and catching up with work, so […] Read more
Sweet corns shucks lay piled in a heap Just beneath the wilted greens – Chard, sorrel, kale, lettuce. Watermelon rind, shrinking, Lies among the decaying leaves and stems, Embattled, sunken hulls. Beet tops bleed out the bottom Onto pungent coffee grounds A long way from their Hawaiin home. Egg shells peek through, Birthing nothing but […] Read more
We are just about to close the book on Spring, and Summer is about to fall off the shelf. (It felt like Summer already today — hot and humid.) Now that the days are long and ice cream is plentiful, we are all making plans for long weekends, barbecues in the backyard, vacations to beaches […] Read more
Somedays, I wish this computer monitor of mine were more like the window that sits just behind it. Then, you could peak in every now and again and see that I am still here. I sit down in front of these two windows nearly every day, and about every third day, I begin to write […] Read more
