Welcome to Week 4 of the 2024 Perseid-Brinski Event! It's time to talk about JJ's book. This book is the reason we're having an event this summer. I fell in love with this work and couldn't wait to offer copies of it to my readers. We've had a lot of entries... and I only have… Continue reading While the Morning Stars Sang Together: The Perseid-Brinski Event
Welcome to Week 3 of the 2024 Perseid-Brinski Event! *************** Thanks for reading this short poem I wrote for Venus! THANK YOU to everyone who has already sent in a night sky memory! They are so good and I can't wait to share them here! KEEP THEM COMING, FRIENDS! Would you like to share a… Continue reading Albedo: A Poem for The Perseid-Brinski Event
Welcome to the 2024 Perseid-Brinski Event! It's finally here! I'm delighted you're here with me to celebrate the night sky and man's feeble attempt to speak of it. Here's what you can expect every Monday in the coming weeks as we count down to the peak viewing window for the Perseid Meteor Shower on August… Continue reading Sacred Spaces: A Poem and the Perseid-Brinski Event
Spring is on the horizon. I can smell it – beyond ice and salt and eight-foot banks, it fills my lungs, this warming air of early morn. And I hear it – in the tinkling of winter, melting from the roof, the window, the porch, the pines, where black-cap flits from bough to bough with… Continue reading Sustenance and Loam: A Poem of February
It isn’t the robin who draws me He only sings for the spring Or the ruby-throated hummer I don’t miss til I see her again It’s not the starling or the jay It’s not even the song sparrow It isn’t bluebird or indigo bunting Or even the friendly junco Who perches on snow-laden boughs Graces… Continue reading It Isn’t the Robin
