Wednesday Vignette: Coming Dark

“I wish I could say the coming dark was taking me by surprise.” — Charles Rafferty, closing line to “Forecast” (2017) * Photo: Jackson Trail,

Feast of Being

“If the garden of Eden really exists it does so moment by moment, fragmented and tough, cropping up like a fan of buddleia high up

October in Retrospect

We had a very light frost in late September, which killed leaves on a few of the cucumber plants, and nothing else in my yard.

Earth Knows No Desolation

“Earth knows no desolation. She smells regeneration in the moist breath of decay.” –  George Meredith  * My neighbours have plumy ornamental grasses whose seven-foot tall