WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

July 2005

  • Nature & Nurture…

    Dr Russell Lane, a neurologist at Charing Cross Hospital, in London, said: "This exciting new work shows that some aspects of this complex illness may be understandable in molecular terms, and that CFS is not a ‘made-up’ illness." More on the above, below. I’ve not written here in ages — mostly offline for awhile, now… Continue reading

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  • Snapshot 20 July 02005

    I will not speak of it though sun speckle the ivy with yellow light and foxgloves sway in the breeze. I will be silent through heat and stunning slices of rain; through the river’s decline to its grey-pebbled bed. Though the air turn orange and thick with fire, I will say nothing. I drift like… Continue reading

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  • Odds & Ends

    It’s been nearly a month now since my iBook arrived, and I finally begin to feel that it’s comfortable. When my English friend Abigail first moved here, she complained that nothing worked quite right; even the light switches were "backwards." On the Mac, the close window button is at the upper left; on the PC,… Continue reading

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  • Clark Fork River

    This road is bordered by willows and quaking aspen shaking light on shallow water. Stones rest like red coins in the riverbed. I cross this river again and again, bridge after bridge. It cuts and winds through cottonwood groves and pine forests. Or is it this road that bends and turns, twisting its way along… Continue reading

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  • This world of dew . . .

    Always, there are losses. Three people in particular are on my mind today: Joseph Serr Jesse Lynn Wendy Ewell Many are grateful for the richness you brought into this world, and we thank you. That wealth survives you. Continue reading

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