I knew a clean man
but he was not for me.
Now I sew green aprons
over covered seats. He

wades the muddy water fishing,
falls in, dries his last pay-check
in the sun, smooths it out
in Leaves of Grass. He's
the one for me.

~ Lorine Niedecker

My sister Susan's
Mangos on a grill

art: s.wray, scraffito

photo:e.bouman

Water

Before I was born I was water.
I thought of this sitting on a blue
chair surrounded by pink, red, white
hollyhocks in the yard in front
of my green studio. There are conclusions
to be drawn but I can't do it anymore.
Born man, child man, singing man,
dancing man, loving man, old man,
dying man. This is a round river
and we are her fish who become water.

~ Jim Harrison

If worrying were an Olympic sport, you'd get the gold for sure. ~Stephenie Geist

In Several Colors

Every morning, cup of coffee
in hand, I look out at the mountain.
Ordinarily it's blue, but today
it's the color of an eggplant.

And the sky turns
from gray to pale apricot
as the sun rolls up
Main Street in Andover

I study the cat's face
and find a trace of white
around each eye, as if
he made himself up today
for a part in the opera.

"In Several Colors," by Jane Kenyon, from Otherwise (Graywolf Press).

Branches


The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Albert Einstein

...more branches

Spring is near...time for a little yarn bombing!

How to Remove a Stripped Screw - GMC Trade Secrets
click on this ^

photo: e.bouman, Johnny

a movie of you running toward me

if I could I would turn my bicycle
into a movie projector

I would reel the film around the front tire
and back onto the rear tire

and pedal so fast that I would keep
the light mounted on the frame burning

I would do all I could to stay steady
over the sidewalk cracks and curbs

to keep the movie of you running toward me
splashed on buildings and sky

if I could turn my bicycle
into a movie projector

if I could pedal this moment into forever
and pedal and pedal it into forever again

~ Denver Butson

so annoyed by the "ads" on my slide show here. Anyone know of a better one without pop ups?

If you are lucky enough
to live by water
you are lucky enough.

"I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It's amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor." ~D.H. Lawrence








photos: e.bouman

Or go take pictures of Seattle skies and run a load of Tang though the dishwasher.