Lazy Fish
As far as blogging goes, I have been feeling deeply unmotivated. In my non-blogging life, I have been drifting with the current like a lazy little fish, though a fish who has a lot of papers to grade. I want to post something about the recent SLSA conference before it all becomes too hazy in [...]
Eagle
As we were walking the dogs on the far side of the river this morning, Carole spotted a young bald eagle sitting in a birch snag on our property, back across the river. After a few moments, he flew off casually to the southeast, low along the river. Huge. I’ve seen eagles flying higher up, [...]
An Exemplary Lyric by Jane Cooper
The poet Jane Cooper died in October of this year after a long life in poetry. Her first book came out the year I graduated from high school, I think, but I didn’t become aware of her work until about ten years ago. She was a “poet’s poet,” one supposes, who won prizes but didn’t [...]
First Snow
About a week later than usual. Overnight, some stuck to the lawn & fallen leaves, though it doesn’t seem to be accumulating now. The injured goose we were trying to rescue seems to have disappeared. Betty went tramping all over looking for him, but we’ve concluded an eagle, or maybe a coyote got him. His [...]
Fall Birds
I started filling the bird feeders a couple of weeks ago — I’m not going to provide free board for the greedy little bastards during the summer when they can make their own living — & I’ve seen house finches, grosbeaks, hairy & downy woodpeckers, greater & lesser nuthatches, billions of chickadees, blue jays, juncos. [...]
Potsdam (NY) to Portland (ME) in 20 Hours
What was supposed to be a six hour trip down to Boston & up to Portland for the SLSA conference turned into a 20 hour marathon yesterday when my Delta commuter plane from Ogdensberg had to go back to the hanger for repairs. I didn’t get out of Ogdensberg until late in the afternoon and [...]
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