A half moon even
can be very bright,
enough to silhouette the ducks
who glide to land
in the swelling ponds.
I Don’t Know Everything
Stegosaurus Barn
we drove up highway 5 past Ridgefield, WA and all the farmland the giant stegosaurus barn lurched out of the marsh
Agilities
For me, it was baseball practice. Soccer too, I suppose, but I usually weaseled my way out of them on account of I was lazy. I mean the goalie.
High stepping and sprinting and jumping over cones and balancing eggs on spoons. They were tiring. Afterwards you sweat and stank and your legs felt like soggy noodles. It was the dreaded portion of training. Their announcement was invariably met with grumbles. We partook because we had to.
thunder from another mother
i expected the thunder
of the woods
to have white tipped wings
and in the moss
where the rain is kept
i waited for a storm
Kenya Stove Project on Vashon
Payan moved to Kenya when he was two.
He knows first hand the black smoke which billows from traditional cook stoves in Kenya.
Seeing Stars: A Photo Essay
Minus-tide events on Vashon Island.
A December’s late night wintertide and an early May’s super low tide accompanied by a brilliant supermoon.










