Monthly Archives: August 2011

Troy leaps off the rocks into the swirling black lake, barking in the spray. The wind blows tattoos. Two puppies watch then race along the gray shore. Soon three labs paddle in unison around the raft— two yellows, one black, … Continue reading →

Diving for sunfish above the stone jetty: ten merganser ducks. Six split off, coast north the wind behind them, four more soon following, their necks glinting red in the sun through the trees over Red Hill. Not so choppy today, … Continue reading →

Stop all this nonsense! The white lake melts every year… broken by the spring.

As the breeze picks up, whop! an acorn on the roof… the green lights glide north toward Sandwich Bay. Dusk in August is so still. The red lights drift south. (from Paradise Root-stock, Stonington Publishers, 2008)