This semester I took an essay class. The instructor provided us with topics and sources to be sited. I decided to write about the global water crisis. This essay normally would be considered too long for a blog post, but the issue has my attention. Doing research on a topic, exploring it, and developing yourContinueContinue reading “Essay: Fresh Water”
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Poetry: The Runaway
The RunawayWater drips in a full bucket placed beneath a gutter leakIt sits aside the bottom step to prevent a puddle from formingLow moonlight barely fills the rim as it rides ripples shaped by bent wood, pushed by the midnight breeze that whistles aloneSoft steps walk down finding each board in the darkAvoiding the familiar placesContinueContinue reading “Poetry: The Runaway”
Song: Suzanne
Songs are poems. Poems are songs. This one to me is sung best by Nina Simone.Hylas and the NymphsJohn William Waterhouse, 1896 Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night beside her And you know that she’s half crazy But that’s whyContinueContinue reading “Song: Suzanne”
Fresh Air
Yesterday afternoon, desperate for some fresh air, I slipped on my shoes and traveled half a mile to Whatcom Creek. Earlier that morning I put some olive oil in my hair for a home moisturizing treatment so I thought I’d find a good place to sit by the creek and sun my hair for a bit, let that oilContinueContinue reading “Fresh Air”
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