Can’t rake, have to blow with small
noisy machines. You can hear up the block,
and around the corner; take hours to do the job.
After so long i can’t walk out there any longer.
What do these people have in their heads?
We’ll have a warm afternoon; maybe the last one.
Winter has got to be arriving soon.
This nice weather can’t keep hanging on.
Blue sky and direct sunshine pour on us.
Come on in good day, spread all over.
we wait all year. not exactly, but knowing it’ll happen.
a handful remain hanging to the trees.
twenty percent. overall the color has faded.
leaves have let go by a large measure.
air is breezeless, cool a bit, not much.
overall the autumn continues calm. not so strong,
this day starts November.
It only happens once a year;
after it’s dry, after full color.
like a winter blanket the leaves cover the ground
after dripping down,
smothering sounds tranquilly.
so I walked the front and sides.
there are a lot of leaves. wet and large.
no trace of anybody around; meaning birds, chipmunks, squirrels or rabbits.
a quiet, nice day again.
find comfort.
Some had marijuana growing in the closet,
Not to get rich, to get high some.
Big deal.
Better than booze.
Now laws change; what about that? Just wait again?
Takes a lot of time. Come on. Be reasonable.
I want to free all those who errored a little.
Give us a break. And hungry people, please help them.
can we sit by the running water, lake or river,
hear the quiet, don’t get excited.
a few birds pass overhead. warm day.
take it easy.
quiet completely. no chatter about.
with no one thinking’s this can be called a thoughtless day.
nary a head turn. i imagine this is record stillness.
toast and coffee, that’s it for me.
preparation for the day ahead.
you are kidding. where to begin . . .
A degree above freezing;
Ding-near cold for a rabbit.
the title for this rhyme
call them poems … many don’t rhyme.
Is or are … joking some now,
All have heart.
Must read and be cautious for
What is written. Sparking feeling.
Starting over.
Cool and light rain, called drizzle.
Charming … leaves falling.
A beautiful time of the year.
I said that fifty times or so.
Driving light traffic country roads
Is a pleasure. Through the window today
I saw a leaf falling … Lonely, coming down solo.
there are many more to drop. Maybe half have fallen.
The colors are bright. The air is still.
Infrequent falling leaves as I watch.
I’m putting out nothing special thoughts of this fall morning.
Maybe we’ll see the rabbit this afternoon.
Trash pick-up today. And one of the last local vegetable days at five.
A concert at seven.
Now a quick walk up and down the driveway, then read a little McMurtry.
Our group Living with change meets at 2:30.
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sky spaces blue
far beyond high thin clouds, above
orange, yellow and red-rusty colored trees
over long fields sprinkled by thousands
of fallen leaves
in morning dew
i think of you.
feel the breeze.
this is where we find the opening.
how to look once and keep looking.
tell me what you see.
Can not see the lake from here.
the queen has moved on.
she walked on board in fifty three.
We saw it on our first TV.
For us we have a wonderful, colorful
Seventy-five degree day in autumn, hurrah.
Look at the reds and orange. Yellow brights.
Stretching out and long lasting.
The more she mows, the more that falls.
Pulverize it to dust for the yard’s good growing.
What days, what times in color.
Spectacular summer days in fall.
the winterberry is out
so are the robins
working hard to eat all they can
before flying South
or so, then to return in the winter.
i am not a bird charter,
only reporting what i think
will be. i have read the red
winterberry fruit is a favorite of robins.
already they have nearly cleaned
the bushes of berrys
Against the Yankees, first inning.
Three to nothing. There are fans who
haven’t had their first beer and
their team is wrapping the season
before they can sit down.
Want to talk football instead?
i’ll do what fifty thousand other fans
will do - hang on.
What do you say, feeling okay.
Arbitrary. Out of the way.
Monday’s usually, seems to
be followed by another day.
Great answers are not
Always found each time
You look, you see. Often
The good line occurs to me
During the evening and
I don’t write it down;
So you know where it ends up.
Been watching it happen
It was slow to begin; now the color is intense.
plus leaves are falling heavily since last nights rain.
all over they’re dropping quickly as they should.
our woods now is thin. you can see through more.
season change is happening all over.
there is joy in our hearts watching autumn unfold.
Healthy feeling out. Not overly cool this morning.
Temperatures are holding in a moderate zone.
I’ll be reading McMurtry; enjoying the day.
Wondering what happened to get me here.
Times move along.
Absolute rather blue sky and cool it is;
will jacket up and walk a while,
enough to stretch, probably wear me down.
Why that’s good is a mystery
and all will say so; so there.
bravo for thinking about it.
Something To Do Bob in action.
Thanks Bob, for the memory.
Some fellow that dated my sister, Therman, used
To say the same joke about a movie cowboy,
Tom mix in cement. He was a good natured fellow
And he told the same joke every time I saw him.
He died. I don’t recall what happened.
I just know he was a nice guy and then
He wasn’t around any more.
It’s rocking, we’ve got a choice:
softly in a chair or with music on.
Sunny and warm. Easy going.
The Butterfield Stage comes through.
Wait in line with Lonesome and Jerry.
Yes, and Cutter too.
We’ll all board and head out of here soon.
Under the Ponderosa Pines.
after a few days with none around
one came by for an appearance.
now a rabbit seen yesterday evening
is out of sight this morning.
i don’t blame him. it seems reasonable behavior.
take a look around, eat some familiar grass, then take to the shelter. stay out of sight.
Cool this morning, it’s the forecast for the day.
so I’m practicing standing, exercise, i need it.
Sifu Bob Cook and Eddie and Sifu Bill all guide me.
Have been reading and enjoying Mary Oliver.
October now and dry and still; nothing special going on.
Quiet ... Reading an old McMurtry to enjoy again.
The book takes me back and I’m thinking of friends.
Where are my Rome faces and friends? Scattered I imagine.
people I don’t know but recognize when we pass.
today in ohio i see the stillness on the street.
i remember home at Rome
on the side, near the front of the Cancelleria.
sunny and warm. no jacket necessary.
home at Rome.
life soup
It is barreling toward southwest Florida,
they labeled it a category four, nearly five, hurricane.
I’m a two days drive north and yet the news is Florida.
How can anyone be ready for a hurricane?
Two and a half million people have been
warned to evacuate, and now it is too late,
Authorities are saying “hunker down”.
There 442 thousand people in the affected area.
Weeds are tall.
a veritable wall, not green
at all, not now, holy cow it’s fall.
M undid the corral
We’re back to open range
Seems a little strange.
We’ll see if Little, the rabbit notices.
Could be good eating there,
now that the wire’s out of the picture.
Dry without color.
Why it’s called fall.
Just pulled in
the parking lot at the mall
when a small girl walked by.
She had the distinct and unknown
haunting features of someone
from several millinia ago.
Then she was gone.
Made it to Monday after food and football.
Woke to sky clear and two bunnies in the back yard.
Cool weather now, holy cow; last week we had great heat.
Now Fall season is upon us.
One day soon when we awaken the leaves will be red.
Fresh apples and cider will be filling our head.
We’ll see horse drawn carts plus pies and tarts.
Weather is our story. I didn’t make it up.
Fall is all around
We can take it.
going to the fellowship.
We’ll see people.
It’s a pot luck; m made a strada. Has eggs. Sounds like it is.
We’re fortunate.
For all undoings in this world we’re unharmed.
Do you have a sweater because it may be cold?
I’ ve changed shirts twice (It was my helpers idea).
Now I can begin thinking Sunday football.
And lunch.
Lunch and Sunday football.
First thing I see our rabbit, Little, on the lawn, front and center
i turn my head and she is gone.
no telling where she went
her trail has disappeared
quick as a fawn and with no movement,
not even a blur. sure it was her.
so i walked the driveway three times,
cold it is. Okay. This day is underway.
it was her
Going to the clinic for physical therapy
Then Galucci’s Italian market on Euclid avenue
Big doings, something to do.
Woke at 11, 2, 3,4 up at 6. Then got moving.
Way back early man saw the change of seasons.
I hear it on the radio.
We have entered fall.
gun metal grey is the morning sky today.
nearly shining smooth as the barrel of an old gun.
the yard leaves shimmer.
looking for Little, the rabbit.
talked with Alberto in Rome. my old friend.
he thinks of Putin and the war.
m drove us to Aldi’s where I see people are more and heavier.
Thursday night football tonight. Cleveland vs Steelers.
Chubb plays.
Still grey, but Nick Chubb plays.
