an ongoing story

while walking the dog down a wooded path, she came across a bone and lay down to chew on it. I walked slightly up the path and sat under a tree to wait. as I sat, the wind blew, and leaves fell all around me. I felt an occassional drop of rain on my face. after a time, the dog finished chewing & ran toward me. we continued down the path where we saw new deer tracks in the ground.

another thing..

as I stood on a cold night, gazing up at the stars in the midnight sky, I could think only of one thing.

current events

Several long branches protruded from a bush whose branches were otherwise short.

I captured a moth in a dixie cup and released it to the outside world.

I stopped to watch the sun melt a thick fog that lay on a field of wild flowers

I escaped a large elaborate web suspended high in mid-air by an absent spider.

while holding awareness in my hands, a siren sounded in the distance. over time, the sound receded.

from time to time, trees pitch pine cones in my direction. having no eyes, they often miss.

early in the morning air I see my breath before me.

while walking the dog, I happened upon a deer carcass and I was reminded of my own mortality.

a short while ago

A loud alarm sounded from a clock reading 7am. For a moment I wondered where I was. I reached out to shutoff the alarm.

I saw a fan rotating in a counter-clockwise direction. There was a slight breeze emanating from the fan.

I pondered the meaning of the word "hipster." Over time my curiosity faded.

I looked at my dog and yawned in the same moment that my dog looked at me and yawned.

While walking across the yard, I noticed I was walking into the wind.

A butterfly flew across my path. It did not pause to beg my pardon.

Among millions of green blades of grass, a few had tiny purple, or yellow flowers.

Crickets chirped loudly from a bush along a path. As I approached, the chirping stopped altogether.

A spongy, fushia-colored stalk protruded vertically fom the ground. When I brushed it with my foot, it was uprooted and fell sideways into a horizontal position.

another day

I watched a truck carrying small cages full of live chickens roll down the highway..

I vacuumed the carpet using a back and forth motion until all the visible debris was sucked into the dust chamber.

I listened to the sounds made by different bells as they were individually rung.

While walking through the hall, I noticed a door was ajar. I reached for the doorknob and pulled it toward me.

I answered the phone, and I could not remember if I had been sleeping when it rang.

I noticed a middle-aged woman sitting in a waiting room, whose feet were perfectly pedicured.

I picked up the phone to call a friend, then put it back down after I considered the time.

I contemplated the purpose of eyebrows on a dog.

I toasted a slice of bread. I then used a knife to evenly distribute butter over the surface of the toasted bread.

just today

after walking the dog in the woods, I washed mud from my feet with the hose.

I noticed small blue flowers on the bush outside my window.

a bird sat on a wire and continued to sing.

after viewing a film, I was completely silent.

eventually, noises came out of nowhere, and sank back into nothing.

I watched a butterfly sit motionless, still clinging to its cocoon.

I banged a ball of string against a post, and wasps flew out.

a gnat flew close to my face and landed on my arm. I swatted it with my hand. it somersaulted to the floor where it lay dead.

I was reminded, "that death is the opposite of birth, and that life has no opposite."

someone told me that today was an unlucky day. a part of me believed him.

sometimes I catch myself waiting for something to happen.

as I walked from beneath the shelter, a raindrop hit my forehead and splashed across my face.

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some time ago. . .

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I watched a hummingbird hover above a plant with red flowers. then it suddenly flew away.

I watched clouds float slowly across the sky, but I never saw where they went.

a crawfish crawled across the yard. I gave it a name. a few days later, I found it dead.

I watched a woodpecker repeatedly pecking on metal stadium lights.

a hawk flew an arc overhead. it was pursued thru the air by a smaller bird.

a man missing his front teeth pulled a car onto the lawn under a tree. he did not speak much english.

a snake lay underneath a tree. it had swallowed something large. I looked into its eyes, and walked away. a bird chased the snake under a bush.

a man in a green truck told me that he had seen large alligators while walking thru the swamp.

a girl at the drive-thru put change in my hands and sent a shiver down my spine.

I watched a snake climb up a tree. the bark made a soft crackling sound as it ascended.

I found white feathers, entrails, and a small white egg scattered in a field on easter day.