Dayletters

Dayletters

Ant Farm

The ants gather and protect the aphids, and milk them of honeydew.  In the winter, they will carry the aphid eggs back to their underground …

Frog Puddle

There is a rut in the road that has been wet all summer—sometimes it is filled with murky water three or four inches deep, sometimes …

A Jump on Fall

Amidst an abundance of green, a few russet leaves wave languidly.  I think about how difficult it is not to anticipate, to be in the …

Old Can

I find the aged remnants of human life compelling.  Surrounded by trees thirty feet tall, the rusted can appears on a path I am sure …

Accident

  The side of the car has been ripped open.  Still sitting upright in the back seat, a body is covered with what looks like …

Babies

We find them by the side of the road and spend twenty minutes waiting. When their mother doesn’t appear, we try the cell phone to …

Rock Game

The dog plays a game with rocks and water.  It is her favourite game, and involves the humans throwing endless stones—not too big and not …

Quarter Note

My daughter made me this notebook cover when I first started writing The Madrigal.  It has been filled with several years’ worth of book notes …