On Monday mornings my routine is to take a walk by myself–no dog, no husband–to set the tone for the week. But this morning as I headed out I stopped to pick blueberries, then take photos, and wash tools in the studio, a different way of setting the week’s tone. Over the last 15 months we have had a few trees come down or need to be taken down. One of them was a white pine our daughter Zoë planted as a seedling brought home from preschool. When the top of it blew off in a big windstorm it caused major car damage. The good news is now that it’s gone more sun reaches the blueberries.
My friend tree
I sawed you down
but I must attend
an older friend
the sun
-Lorine Niedecker, My Friend Tree
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Not meaning to be a bummer, but this arrived today regarding Maine and blueberries: https://apnews.com/article/maine-business-science-climate-climate-change-445655b75eb34abf5b60e6ecb1168683
Your writing, pictures and ceramics are stunning. Thank you!
Thanks! We saw the blueberry article too. Degrees of difference. Glad you’re enjoying the pics/words.