Michigan

A specific kind of green. 

Beans and garlic and a curious deer.

Trying to grow a kiwi for 30 years.

A swing on every tree branch. 

An empty water bowl. 

1-2-3-4 who ya gonna root for?

The boys in the bus are State Champs.

Honk honk a yellow blur past.

I am only one person. I am only one person.

Way up high 

Heat lightning sky on a still night 

Later, rain

Out of the window

A crack open for the cats 

Dodging familiar faces in common places.

I just lack the capacity for being this needed.

Candid photos. Humility.

She'll sell you vibrations in a patio chair.

Wind storm collapsed the barn.

Blew the roof right into the air.

Uh-oh

Arms reaching

What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing?

Let's walk one more block

To honor the grief of what will never be.

I am only one person. 

Slow drives past the places we've lived and the places we've worked and the places that once contained our hours and years. 

A turtle on the trail.

slow down slow down

Find my eyes. Pierce my ears. 

A familiar heavy. Misplaced fear. A quiet moment. Quick bursts of soul crushing love. Tender. A lack of solid sleep & melancholy. 

A tough age. 

A true concern.

Some things do get easier. 

Remind myself of what I've learned.

Sometimes we leave and never go back. 

Sometimes we return.