Guiding Purpose Of Lightning Bugs: ImproVerse Haiku
I thought lightning bugs/ don’t guide anyone, but then/ learned their real purpose.
I thought lightning bugs/ don’t guide anyone, but then/ learned their real purpose.
I was shocked to learn / why Southern women dont wear/ nylons: Chiggers itch.
When planting gardens, / you shouldn’t confuse okra/ pods with Orca pods.
We now have an empty chicken coop and run. Sigh. It is tough to lose animals, even if they are only farm animals and even if you’ve only had them a couple of months. This haiku explains my chicken-less feelings. Saturday my wife Marnie told me: “I have some bad news. Two of our chickens…
There’s no silence/ in Nature, nor would I/ want there to be. (Written as part of our Creative Expressions Retreat on our property across from the Chickamauga NMP –> http://passionretreats.com/creativeexpression6-26/ )
I used to take time to ground, to create, to think, to revel in nature. It wasn’t until I taught others how and why to do it that I realized: I’d stopped. Creativity is life, and I’d let myself die. No more.
There is no silence/ out here in nature, nor would/ I want there to be
This evening, just before the sun set, I walked around the edge of my driveway, taking photos of tree in my yard (specifically on the edge of my property). I was stunned by the bio-diversity of this small plot of land. within the distance I can throw a baseball (which isn’t very far), I have…
Chickens Incoming! We did it! A few months ago I found (Facebook Marketplace) an old, sturdy, used, well-built hen house and run for $50 (and the guy delivered it!). Then we asked around, and got 4 laying silkies (hens) from friends of ours who needed to trim their flock (I like free!). We went over…
Two days after going away and then returning from a week-long trip to the Enchanted Isle that is Puerto Rico, I finally went out walking my few acres of property. Guess what? I kept finding new paths, new bits of nature I hadn’t experienced before. I discovered small plants, large trees with small budding spring…