My last post was nine months ago?! Time compresses when I’m busy. Weed-eating, a new little battery-op chainsaw, Snowline visits, packing for possible Mosquito Fire-evac, poetry workshops and special events, weekly dog training (of course!) and a few drives upcountry, looking for signs of life in the Caldor Fire burn-scar, and for Basque carvings on aspen trees…. But this is the time of year when all sorts of spirits revive. Here’s a poem from this morning:
Specter
Why, on this eve of Halloween
already celebrating Day of the Dead,
do I type –
in my dog-training log – the name Cody
instead of Loki? Cody,
my search partner 20-some years ago,
virtually alive
in my report of this day.
Wasn’t it Loki
who physically pulled me on-trail
to make her live find,
rewarded with bulk-bin dog treats?
Isn’t it just my mind
playing tricks?
~ Taylor Graham
Speaking of tricks - in those nine months, WiX has modified its procedure for adding photos, I guess - both dogs truncated. Maybe I can figure out how to add photos?
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