A good piece to listen – 2 minutes. Click above
A big buzz circles.
Her head bowed over a biography–
Of Henry David Thoreau.
She ignores
whatever
you are…
Bottom grounded.
Her back presses
against the Ranger tire,
and the late afternoon glow
fires the prairie.
But, buzzy
Insistent
comes back,
rounds her head again
and this time she guesses—
The fuzzy
black- yellow bumblebee
drops like a bomb into a ground-hole
two feet in front her lean crossed legs.
Suddenly the Old dog, Professor Skookum pads past;
Her chest draws tight–
his big foot falls on the spot—
crushing…?
Professor Skookum continues on to drink prairie pond;
Cattail seeds gently parachute to earth
and softly she separates the sugar-rich grass.
Her words fall … “Are you down there?” –
Silence.
And then so faintly… “Hush, not the tomb; I’m in the zone, … I’m in the zone…”
Skookum takes a shallow swim – he shakes and the ring of water- pellets fling jewels– a peacock’s tail. Unconcernedly… in the zone, …in the zone.
Mule Springs 
That sure does convey the season and small mellow movements of nature. Settled. Settling into winter.
Thanks!
Thanks Holly. Yes, we are preparing for winter here… Thanks for taking the time to read or listen.
this was wonderful! i read it first at work on my phone, then also listened now at home. there’s a typo at the end in the printed version — “tome” instead of “tomb” — it made more sense when i listened to it. really nice, and love your voice.
Heidi-thanks for the heads up on the typo — a total mind blank on my part, so I just corrected it. Yes, this one is meant to be heard versus read. Maybe read, heard, then read. I am having a difficulty with the spacing on Word Press, and I have not been able to get that solved yet. Working on a picture essay of the cabin project!
Missed the prose. Welcome back. Thank you. Tedd and Rymmel
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Hi Rymmel and Tedd– good to hear from you! I hope all is well… and thanks for listening/reading.
Thank you for the healing, gentle visions! Soothing in this tumultuous time! Love the reference to sugar and miss your Sugar Hill time! Tome worked for me, the writing…you are beyond that and in a sought for meditative trance!
Thanks Perry. How fun to hear from you! Yes, that world of the bumblebee and Skookum was sort of a pleasant dream… thanks for checking in.
Nice! Glad to see that Skookum still inspires you!
Nice! Glad to see that Skookum still inspires you!
Hey Terry — yes…I don’t know if you know he died recently — I will post a photo of us. It’s my favorites from Prince of Wales Island — I’ve named the cabin area Skookum Wood– we had a wall tent there before the cabin, and Skookum loved going over there with me.