Two squirrels slowly circle the trunk of a walnut tree, gray against gray, frenetic tails sending Morse messages through the heartwood.
June 2008
June 2, 2008
Sun in the tops of the tall locust trees. Even in blossom, they look disreputable—as if they’d been targeted by a passing flock of geese.
June 1, 2008
5:20. The bat returns to his roost in the crack between the porch roof and the house like a handkerchief returning to its pocket.