a year of small stones - 014

pale, dry, ghost leaves
illuminate
winter forest understory.

sgreerpitt
Wednesday January 19, 2011

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a year of small stones - 013

approach-avoidance:
feral cats,
only three left now,
gather at the appointed time
only to scatter
at the opening door.

sgreerpitt
Tuesday January 18, 2011

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brief praise of television

We disconnected our television to move it to the new house on New Years Eve. In the intervening days we have watched three movies on DVD, rewatched the final season of LOST, and I've watched the first and the last seasons of Dawson's Creek (boycotted by my sensible husband). So it's not been as if we were totally without televised entertainment.

But we have severely missed the ability to just flip a switch and see news(or at least what passes as news on 24 hour cable channels), to get our evening Jeopardy! fix, to see the latest installments of favorite sitcoms like "How I met your mother" and "Big Bang Theory."

We found that we really, really missed television. And while we recognize that there is such a thing as too much. We are glad that we once again -- thanks to the cable guy arriving to hook us back up today -- have the option to connect back into the world of television.

a year of small stones - 012

the slow, sullen drip
of a recalcitrant
January thaw.

sgreerpitt
Monday January 17, 2011

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small regrets

I am delighted with my new house, and getting hooked up to the electrical grid was a necessary step in the process. But I have some regret for the sacrifices of trees made for that to happen.

All the trees in the foreground of this picture -- from the multi-trunked sycamore on the left to the brilliant hued dogwood in the center, to the diagonally growing trees -- were cut down in order to create a new right of way for electric lines and a new pole (right about where the dogwood stood).

Their loss is not so noticeable in the stark black and white world of snowy January, but I know that I will miss these familiar friends come October.

a year of small stones - 011

more intricate than finest
Belgian laces
winter forest filigree
frames evening sky.

sgreerpitt
Saturday January 15, 2011

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a year of small stones - 010

high altitude
aeronautic crossstitch
embroiders sunset.

sgreerpitt
Saturday January 15, 2011

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new year reflections

Not going to "resolve" anything this year, but rather reflect and respond.

I'm so pleased that Fiona Robyn created the "river of stones" challenge for January. It is just exactly the creative shove that I needed. 2009 was a very creative year of poetry and painting. Last year just seemed like a year that I was always scrambling just to get by. The last three months were simply devoured by the process of purchasing and moving into a new house.

With the new year, we feel "moved in," and a bit less stressed. Not that the moving process is fully completed -- lots of odds and ends still in the old house that need eventually to be sorted through, thrown away, sold, given away or stored. But life is slowly getting back to normal, and an important part of that normal is writing.

I've let my blog languish. Been a poor blog friend - failing to visit any of my friends blogs for months.

This year more time will be allocated to reflection, reading, writing, and responding.

a year of small stones - 009

switching tails,
rasping cries,
heads move in unison;
Mrs. Cardinal
flies.

sgreerpitt
Monday January 10, 2011

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Photo of Tippecanoe, Tyler Two, Samatha and Eli.

a year of small stones - 08

sunlight decorates,
a fleeting joy.

sgreerpitt
Sunday January 9, 2011

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a year of small stones - 07

nested dog
snug comfort

sgreerpitt
Saturday January 8, 2011

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a year of small stones -- 06

snowbound
solitude

sgreerpitt
Saturday January 8, 2011

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a year of small stones - 05

watching the road,
waiting,
but they do not come;
all I see is the snow
falling, silent,
cutting off the world.

sgreerpitt
Friday January 7, 2011

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a year of small stones - 004

unexpected goats
colored like the dried leaves
on their perch
above the road.

sgreerpitt
Thursday January 6, 2011

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a year of small stones - 003

the frost floats like a gray veil
on forest and lawns.

sgreerpitt
Wednesday January 5, 2011

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a year of small stones - 002

gnarled white fingers
two sycamores reach for
each other.

sgreerpitt
Monday January 3, 2011

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a year of small stones - 001

branches sharp like knives
in the brilliant air.

sgreerpitt
Sunday January 2, 2011

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