To The River

To the river we go, my son and I and his friend we’ll call Aaron. It is a half day of school and there are a million other things to do; grocery shopping, haircuts, and my shoes are held together with duct tape. But to the river we go. Aaron and my son get silly…

The Trees

History. I seem to run into it everywhere.  I wasn’t looking for it this morning.  Not at all.  I simply want to go for a walk, wander in the woods.  Dispel the melancholy that seems to own the morning.   A March morning, somewhere near spring.   A breeze bends some of the drooping tips of the…