Janet Fogg's Blog, page 31
May 6, 2020
Downy came and dwelt with me
Photo by Richard Fogg
Downy came and dwelt with me,
Taught me hermit lore;
Drilled his cell in oaken tree
Near my cabin door.
Carved it deep and shaped it true
With his little bill;
Took no thought about the view,
Whether dale or hill.
Shook the chips upon the ground,
Careless who might see,
Hark! his hatchet’s muffled sound
Hewing in the tree.
Round his door as compass-mark,
True and smooth his wall;
Just a shadow on the bark
Points you to his hall.
~ John Burroughs
May 3, 2020
Edges of Summer
Paint Mines Interpretive Park photo by Richard Fogg
Earth-colors drape
over edges of Summer,
hot as desert sands
rippling malt hues.
~ Jennifer Cahill
April 29, 2020
Through the long noon coo
Doves of the fir-wood walling high our red roof
Through the long noon coo, crooning through the coo.
Loose droop the leaves, and down the sleepy road-way
Sometimes pipes a chaffinch; loose droops the blue.
Cows flap a slow tail knee-deep in the river,
Breathless, given up to sun and gnat and fly.
Nowhere is she seen; and if I see her nowhere,
Lightning may come, straight rains and tiger sky.
~ George Meredith.
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Photo by Richard Fogg
April 26, 2020
The King of the night
So, when the night falls, and dogs do howl,
Sing, ho! for the reign of the Hornéd Owl!
We know not alway
Who are kings by day,
But the King of the night is the bold brown Owl!
~ Bryan Waller Procter.
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Photo by Richard Fogg
April 22, 2020
Light breaks on secret lots
Photo by Richard Fogg
Light breaks on secret lots,
On tips of thought where thoughts smell in the rain;
When logics dies,
The secret of the soil grows through the eye,
And blood jumps in the sun.
~ Dylan Thomas
April 20, 2020
Free: Tales from the 359th Fighter Group
In these difficult times we decided to offer the ebook of Tales from the 359th Fighter Group to you for free, for three days.
Let us never forget!
Be safe.
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April 19, 2020
The Robin is the One
Photo by Richard Fogg
The robin is the one
That interrupts the morn
With hurried, few, express reports
When March is scarcely on.
The robin is the one
That overflows the noon
With her cherubic quantity,
An April but begun.
The robin is the one
That speechless from her nest
Submits that home and certainty
And sanctity are best.
~ Emily Dickinson
April 15, 2020
Night fades to light
night fades to light
in the spider’s web
a string of pearls
~ Aleksandar Ševo.
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Photo by Richard Fogg
April 12, 2020
My Pysanky
[image error]Fragile memories
written on shells.
Will they last?
~ Janet Fogg
April 9, 2020
Trail Winds
I’ve always enjoyed book trailers, and below is the one I created for Trail Winds. As I mentioned a few days ago, thought I’d lend a hand in entertaining you and your children by making the Kindle version of Trail Winds FREE through April 11th. (On Amazon, click on the print below the Kindle Unlimited box, where it says “$0.00 to buy”. )
From Splitwing, the first Red-winged blackbird, to HeCoYa, a massive gray coyote, in Trail Winds you’ll find fanciful tales of how five natural phenomena came to be.
Be safe!
