Wednesday, December 31, 2014

31 December 2014

This year is ending.
But I seem to look ahead.
It's more exciting.

31 December 2014
 
(And this wraps up The Haiku Project 2014.  We'll begin the new year over at The Haiku Project 2015, tomorrow or the next day.)

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

30 December 2014

Cranky back and knees,
I hobble around, waving
My cane at the dog.

30 December 2014

Monday, December 29, 2014

29 December 2014

I must remember,
When waiting in line, patience
Is often needed.

29 December 2014
(After waiting 15 minutes at a drive-through window)
 

Saturday, December 27, 2014

27 December 2014

A quiet, dull day.
A slow drizzle of rain and
A dog at my feet.
27 December 2014

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

24 December 2014

Christmas is, for me,
Difficult; not believing
Can do that to you.

24 December 2014

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

23 December 2014

Sleeping well one night
Would be a wonderful thing.
Think it could happen?

23 December 2014

Monday, December 22, 2014

22 December 2014

Last night, the solstice,
Longest night of the year, but
Still I could not sleep.
22 December 2014

Sunday, December 21, 2014

21 December 2014

Found a ladybug
On the window this morning...
What to do with it?

21 December 2014

Saturday, December 20, 2014

20 December 2014

A night of strange dreams...
Only fragments remembered...
But still disturbing.

20 December 2014

Friday, December 19, 2014

19 December 2014

Even late at night,
I wake to the sounds of trucks
Roaring down the street.

19 December 2014

Thursday, December 18, 2014

18 December 2014

A bone-chilling wind,
Gray skies, snow like stone pellets...
I think I'll stay home.

18 December 2014

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

17 December 2014

Lights draped on the trees,
Red, green, somehow make the night
Feel even colder.

17 December 2014

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

16 December 2014

Too many good friends,
Too far away, fill my thoughts
As the new year looms.

16 December 2013

Sunday, December 14, 2014

14 December 2014

Fat squirrels out there...
In just a few month, they'll be
Emaciated.

14 December 2014

Saturday, December 13, 2014

13 December 2014

A squirrel in the road,
Rolling around on its back--
An itchy shoulder?

13 December 2014

Friday, December 12, 2014

12 December 2014


Outside this morning,
Four ducks splashing in the pond,
Like it's still summer.

12 December 2014

Thursday, December 11, 2014

11 December 2014

So many sparrows
On the bare maple trees...
They're like tiny leaves.

11 December 2014

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

10 December 2014

Good news from old friends
And I smile, remembering
How we were back then.

10 December 2014

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

9 December 2014

Through a haze of clouds,
The moon seems insubstantial,
Ghostly, not quite there.

9 December 2014
(Taken December 7, 2014)
 

Sunday, December 7, 2014

7 December 2014

Awake too early,
I heard a songbird outside,
Singing in the tree.

7 December 2014

Saturday, December 6, 2014

6 December 2014

A strange, silent night--
No wind, no traffic--nothing--
And, still, I can't sleep.

6 December 2014

Friday, December 5, 2014

5 December 2014

A cold wind, and rain.
A day not to venture out,
And I did just that.

5 December 2014

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

3 December 2014

My favorite month...
Cold, clear nights, bright, sunny days,
And a chance of snow...

3 December 2014

Monday, December 1, 2014

1 December 2014

A night without sleep,
Or almost...And without dreams...
Perhaps not so bad...

1 December 2014