Warming up here. Still 3 feet of snow covering the backyard and flower beds. still buried in snow our iris dream of blooming in their cold beds If spring has come to your lands or perhaps fall is beginning - enjoy.

Ravens remind me Spring is not a date on The calendar As they shake snow From the pine

The big storm went south and east of us, still we got wind and whiteouts. neighbors’ houses play hide and seek in the blizzard

Snow. Under a warning until 2 pm today, probably another 3 to 5 inches on top of what fell overnight. And then Saturday night until Tuesday morning it comes again. Potential for 1 to 2 more feet. Down along Lake Michigan they could get up to 3 feet. Over 312 inches. Huzzow!

We are under our second winter storm warning of the week. We picked up 5 + inches earlier and could get 8 to 17 inches overnight and into tomorrow. The first put us over 300 inches for the year.

Spring, eh. 6 geese on the frozen lake I guess nobody told them

Got the results of my stress test. Not sure if it is good. The doctor said I am normal. Normal, not sure if I like that, but good to know the heart stuff is good. So here is a little horror haiku have a heart he told her as he handed her one

Stress test today. I hope I passed, but won't know for a couple of days. Here is a haiku from the waiting room keeping the winter maple company old raven

Is this a new plot to get the Peace Prize? Oh, and I am sure there was some important leader at the girl's school that killed 40. So, so, sick of this man and his party that doesn't have the balls to say enough.

trumpiebear rants against..... oh, this time the Supreme Court for upholding the Constitution a document he doesn't think he needs to follow. poor trumpiebear

Midwinter projects. 2 manuscripts. One of published and unpublished monoku, haiku, tanka, and haibun. Another of published and unpublished poetry from the past 45 years. Also work on a fantasy novel and short stories. And get some submissions out to magazines. And teaching too.

At the No Kings protest in Houghtom, Michigan, a Coast Guard boat sat out on the Portage filming.

Now up at fivefleas.blogspot.com projected on the castle wall memories

The book this world needs now more than ever

light haze above the lake sound of waves Hope everyone is having a good day. 8 am here. Dropping off books at the library - donation for book sale. This evening Leona and will go to the Virtual Center for the Discovery Center home school party.

New work up in Failed Haiku. My son also has a poem in this issue.

Many thanks to Stider Jones for publishing several of my poems today in The Lothlorien Poetry Journal. lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2025/04/seve...

mid April I go out to shovel Yes we had snow overnight. Only around 4 inches. Short of the predictions that said we could get up to 9. Glad we didn't. Our snow totals up on the ridge are around 310 inches so far this winter. We keep getting fake springs and then winter returns.

Spring must be near. The snow mound by my driveway and the road is only about 5 feet tall now. I am still waiting for the ice on the driveway to all melt. I hope our crocus are having pleasant dreams beneat the snow covering the backyard.

3 accepted by Failed Haiku a few days ago. Will be submitting more work as the week goes on to other magazines. And if I can get it into shape a poetry manuscript will go out. Other than that we have cleaned out the 15+ inches of snow from Sunday/Monday and are ready for next weekends storm.

I deleted my rant. Now back to life. Today we have a grocery pickup in Houghton, then up to check out prices at the grocery in Louie's. Leona has her ATC group. I might go down to Black Ice and do some writing. We will both be cleaning at some point. Family coming in later in the week.

No school again. Some haiku from yesterday's blizzard. blizzard neighbors’ houses appear disappear blizzard hugging a rice bag i try to dispel the cold blizzard dog walks to the edge of the porch pees and turns back blizzard breathe in breathe out the sound of wind

Here is something from a few years back. A Sad Song - a blues poem that Mark Hartenbach reorganized into a song. Here is Mark singing it on youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilbd...

I wonder if they have any of those old iron lungs in storage somewhere? Or maybe Musty will design new ones to sell to the government and hospitals.

Roadkill Ravens and eagles Arguing Over who Goes first Hope all is well for everyone. Sun is out today and you might need sunglasses. Here is another poem involving ravens and food. Common here on trash day. Blue sky Big debate over Who’s garbage bags To open first Raven voices

Here is a short poem (or tanka) that would require too many footnotes to explain. So for those who know - enjoy. in the window shiva nataraja dances the heikki lunta and snow falls gently Other than that and the daily deluge of sludge from DC, my car broke down again. Two weeks in a row.

Blizzard warning: 11 am until 1 am. Wonder if they will have an early release. My car is in the shop so a co-worker is picking me up early. I saw a haiku prompt for 'thin ice'. Not really a concern here for a while. Thin ice warnings Drunk snowmobilers stare At the hole in the ice

In prepping for Trump's inflationary tariffs I stocked up on tomato products (most come from Canada or Mexico) and other staples from outside the country. Also bought any electronics we might need before the end of January. Supporting ACLU efforts as well as local food banks.

Woke up at 4am. Probably the prednisone. Took Bella out around 6. overnight snow fresh bunny tracks the day is beautiful and then i read the news Leona is walking up to church and I am watching mass from the UK ( a church I have watched services from since Covid) They have sun on grass.

I think it already is. But seriously. Don’t call them names. We want the door open for them when they realize the mistake they made. We are for a better America. Not a vindictive America

Crappy day. Snow and more snow. I'm still having knee pain nearly 6 weeks after surgery. Not unexpected, but it's annoying anyway. And then then the news.

Cold here. Poor pup doing the "my paws are freezing" dance when I took her out. so cold even the ravens are quiet I think they are all nestle deep in the pines branches where it is warmer.

Hey, I am back and going to try and check in more often. And I have a new short poem up on fivefleas.blogspot.com today.

Second day of Blue sky - so let's talk politics...... naw. The grandkids playing, we are going to the farmers market soon. Later to Scheel's and to Games Workshop. Exciting, eh. Thinking samosas for a side for dinner tonight. Oh, and Bella (the dog) is wondering when we are going home.

In the Cities visiting Beth, Dave and grandkids. Writing. And I have a dog standing on my leg. Nice to see so many leaving X.