Category: travel
HAIKU
The Standing Rock Reservation lies across the border between North and South Dakota in the United States, and is inhabited by ethnic “Hunkpapa and Sihasapa bands of Lakota Oyate and the Ihunktuwona and Pabaksa bands of the Dakota Oyate,” as … Continue reading HAIKU
I’m no Helen Mirren…
Bernie on the Range
For one so small, you’d never know he has 10% herding dog in his DNA. After watching the above, you’ll see he’s king of the herd. Continue reading Bernie on the Range
My Antonia, O Pioneers
Makes me think of Willa Cather, O Pioneers, My Antonia… From My Antonia: There was nothing but land: not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made. No, there was nothing but land-slightly undulating, I knew, because often our wheels ground against the brake as we went down into a hollow and lurched up again on the other side. I had the feeling that the world was left behind, that we had got over the edge of it, and were outside man’s jurisdiction. I had never before looked up at the sky when there was … Continue reading My Antonia, O Pioneers
PAIRIE WIND AND PRAIRIE DOGGIES
Prairie Wind and Prairie Dogs There are no people where I am standing, but there are plenty of other living things. The little Prairie Dogs for example. They’re instant comedy—running from my car when they hear it, diving into their burrows. Then, popping their little heads up to check again. I can hear their whistling to each other within their colonies. Sorry to be anthropomorphic, but they’re so dang cute! Continue reading PAIRIE WIND AND PRAIRIE DOGGIES
Gary, Indiana September 17th? 2021
MacDonald’s was hiring at $12 per hour. How can anyone live on that? How can – even two people in the same family – live on … Continue reading Gary, Indiana September 17th? 2021
BEAUTIFUL DECAY: A Romance
Working on this concept for image and poetry: And green devours all… Continue reading BEAUTIFUL DECAY: A Romance
