A pause in the sleet. It’s plenty cold enough for snow, but all we get is this glassy grit. A pileated woodpecker whinnies up on the ridge.
January 2015
January 2, 2015
Juncos rustle quietly in the leaves beside the old springhouse. The sun spreads out behind thin clouds like a yolk broken in a pan.
January 1, 2015
The rasping cries of male squirrels trailing a female in estrus through the treetops. I can feel my breath freezing to my beard.