“Did I tell you the rain barrels are full?” She laughed and slapped her hand on her leg. “Yes… just three times!” Ok. So I’m excited. I suspect the trees are, too.
Monthly Archives: August 2016
Two-Thirds
Tue, 2 Aug 2016, 06:58 PM (-06:00)
I stood a while, because I had selected an empty table around the corner and far away. I figured I’d get Kyle’s attention when he came around the corner so that he knew where I was sitting. But he didn’t appear, and he didn’t appear, so eventually I sat down. Moments later, he walked up […]
De-industrialization at Silver Lake
Mon, 1 Aug 2016, 07:35 PM (-06:00)
On the far side of the Silver Lake dunes, water emerges from the sand in shallow, reedy ponds. Here, tadpoles twitter and sunlight glistens in the middle of the virtual desert. And just beyond the ponds, there are grasses and trees and eventually a thick forest that sits between you and Lake Michigan. It is […]
The Swimmers Swam
Mon, 1 Aug 2016, 06:57 AM (-06:00)
At Half-Mile Lake, under a blue and sunny sky, as the lifeguard guarded, the swimmers swam.