Category Archives: Home

Like a Traffic Cone

Posted on March 4, 2024 by sputterpub

The crate appeared last week and blocked the path.My neighbor’s name was on it, but insideit was a puzzle. Though I took a bathbefore I left, the box did not subside,and it still towered unidentifieduntil the morning light revealed, unpacked,an … Continue reading →

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Detritus

Posted on February 18, 2024 by sputterpub

The storms last week were not as scary hereas forecasters announced they’d likely be.I’m sure they’re right about the atmosphere,the power outages, accounts of treecollapse, but individuals appearless devastated than reports. It’s clearI’d better trust what I can hear and … Continue reading →

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Drainage

Posted on February 15, 2024 by sputterpub

I didn’t measure and I don’t have stats,but we’ve absorbed a spate of rain this year.If quantity is up to last year, that’ssignificant. So far the bricks appearless damp where they abut the floor, and nearthe hearth the mortar doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Snucco

Posted on February 8, 2024 by sputterpub

They snuck the stucco on one day last week.I must have been away from home – I heardno indication, saw no skilled technique.It’s been a while since I’ve penned a wordabout the houses blocking my obliqueperspective, for this is at … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Off

Posted on February 6, 2024 by sputterpub

I like to spend my Mondays home alone.I opted years ago to not commutethat day but work remotely, first by phoneand later email, erranding as well.And even in “retirement,” I’m proneto save the day for me – I see the … Continue reading →

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Winter Sky

Posted on February 5, 2024 by sputterpub

The fact is, we don’t have a big sky here.The ocean ferries clouds and overcast,and though our air is generally clear,we don’t see starscapes like the prairies, grassedand landlocked. We are graced with atmosphereof moist and breezy, line-of-sight not vast.But … Continue reading →

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Not Noisome Now

Posted on January 7, 2024 by sputterpub

Last night I didn’t hear a ceiling sound.No thump or whimper moved me while I slept.There’s nothing musky in the air aroundme now, and nothing black & white has creptperipherally into sight. I foundno sign of skunks today to interceptmy … Continue reading →

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Tree Sweets

Posted on January 5, 2024 by sputterpub

Persimmons hang like orange Christmas spheresand tantalize this squirrel in the yard.She climbs and stretches so her chest appears,and bites the fruit that is no longer hardthe way it was two weeks ago. On guardand geared for predators, I take … Continue reading →

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Scourge Surge

Posted on January 3, 2024 by sputterpub

I’ve co-existed with the critters here –the garden is their home as much as mine –and wasn’t overbothered till this year,when building on my eastern boundary line,and now the north, has changed the biosphere.Too many skunks no longer seem benign.I’ll … Continue reading →

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Five Days of Peace

Posted on January 2, 2024 by sputterpub

For five days there was nothing on my list,and I leaned into leisure all I could,aboard my landboat sloop and comfort-kissed,admiring tile, glass, gas flames, and wood.Beginning at a luncheon with a goodold friend, I then embraced full solitude,and hunkered … Continue reading →

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