A Song

I'm sorry if this makes no sense
I just got back in town
I went away to find myself
And got all turned around

I met a crow out on the road
Who pointed to the sky
He said your answer lies up there
And flapped his wings to fly

I wandered on and met a girl
With marbles white and gold
Who stretched her arms out wide and said
Continue on this road

I walked until I reached the sea
A turtle there turned 'round
And told me things get lost sometimes
That don't want to be found

So home I went to my front door
And fumbled for my key
I found myself just sitting there
And Humming patiently

Nightfall

Out the front door and the globe of sky
Hisses a warm pink and way orange
Like the wave pattern on sand.
Inhale the watery-smelling air
As a V of geese squawks by.
Sun hangs outside that globe
Slipping around to the other side
Leaving those watery rumbles to memory
And dragging behind a purple reminder
That drips to blue, to black, now night, now home.
A crisp moon crescent cuts the sky,
Its sharpened tip pointing at Venus
As if to say, look over there
That's where I'm going.
Breath of night air, smell of cold and green.
The star globe twinkles with satellites
Like lost fireflies, ever circling and searching.

My Author website is up!

My dear friend, Heather, whom I met at MCTC taking graphic design classes, has recently graduated, and is unleashing her creative genius upon the world. I asked her to create a website to promote my writing, and she came up with a gorgeous design that I think reflects my own love for ephemera as well as her unique collage style of design. Thank you Heather!

Here it is: www.kskarshna.com

Next up is the website for the book, coming soon!

Labor Day Weekend at the Christine Center

I had another mystical stay at the Christine Center over Labor Day weekend. The weather was gorgeous and the silence was penetrating. I watched grasshoppers get it on, saw a doe nurse her fawn right outside my cabin window, observed turtles eating algae in a pond, witnessed a daddy long legs wrestling match, and narrowly missed being hit by a tree spontaneously falling in the forest while I watched two pileated woodpeckers on adjacent trees. I also had plenty of time for yoga, meditation, reading, guitar-playing, painting, walks and photography. Man, do I love it there.

Twins Stadium

On my bike ride around the perimeter of downtown Mpls. I stopped to take some pictures of the progress on the new Twins stadium. Looks like it's coming along quite nicely, at least from the outside.

Duluth!

Spent the weekend in Duluth with Rebeca, who ran the Grandma's Half Marathon. It was a gorgeous weekend and we had a beautiful solstice! Spent part of Saturday doing one of my favorite things in the world-- beach combing on the shore of Lake Superior. We walked along the lake and saw these brave people swimming and jumping off this old part of a pier. It looked really fun, but the lake was very, very cold. We knew this from just having our feet in the water for awhile while we sat on the big granite rocks on the shore.