Sunday, March 30, 2008

I tell myself there are advantages to deep snow in March


It's beautiful.
The skiing is good.
I can prune the old lilacs by the porch without using a ladder
(and I think I'm in the garden again.)

Friday, March 21, 2008

fuel shortages
















There's a new sound in the landscape--
(not the town plow truck, not snowmobiles)
--chainsaws.
Winter isn't over, and we're running out of wood.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Who's watching? lunch as a data transmission event

























Do "they" know what I had for lunch, what books I'm reading, and whether I nap on the sofa regularly? And what will "they" do with these details of my daily life?