Today twenty-nine looks like: The morning reading in bed The new t-shirt “Keep Calm & Write On” The passenger seat all the way up the […]
For my dad
My dad creates signsThere is a post on the drivewayPointing across the stateAnd down the roadAnd around the worldThere are weather vanes — fiveOn every […]
Madison Weekend Gratitude
Being served wine at a restaurant Mario Kart with my family A can of rainbow sparkling rosé A family gathering with people I haven’t seen […]
May Day
Sleeping in with no alarm Lunch in Sister Bay, watching the high winds create high waves A hike, where we see no one, at the […]
A haiku poem for my dad on his birthday
Dad is making thingsAnd always taking the stairsThe Builder, steady Dad is drawing mapsTo mountains I want to climbHe shows us the way Dad is […]
Mom’s Birthday
It’s my mom’s birthday today! With my dad at work, we spent the whole day together in what turned out to be a pretty packed […]
87 Years
Eighty-seven yearsOf birthdays to get us hereGathered together Bless vaccines, and goodFood, good wine, good companyLove means family Family means loveAt least around this tableCheers, […]
Hawaiian Night
Admittedly, February is a tough month to be stuck in winter. Below zero temperatures. More snow. Spring still a couple of months off. This is […]
A first worth documenting
Christmas Day 2020 — the day we brought ping pong balls into the hot tub and played our own version of “hot tub pong” (one […]
Christmas Eve
A snowy, icy, cold run Spider-man monopoly Tom & Jerry’s My mom winning monopoly Hot tub Stromboli Fire Home Alone New York Cheesecake — dark […]