signals

There’s a path behind the place where I live, and a black gum tree on the path. Up against it stands some big leaf aster. I don’t know if you know what that looks like, but this tall beauty has bluish flowers, and large heart-shaped leaves. It’s just a gorgeous color. Whenever I get to this spot where this tree stands, …

dream job

Sometimes I wish I had become a newspaper delivery boy. Or a milkman. Or a bridge toll-taker … do people still do that for a living? I love the routine of those jobs. Or maybe, the clown wielding the wide broom who follows the elephants in the circus. Or a carpenter … yes, a singing carpenter who dresses the plank in the …