new year

moments
of
insight in
accidental
juxtaposition
here
scrub oak
in the wintergarden
of a sculptor
on the Vineyard



distilled
in the focus
of freezing
as the tide rose
and sun
fell

on
Lucy
Vincent
Beach


the material world
improves
as you select
which
materials


new years
on a frozen beach
on Martha's Vineyard

futility:

the futility
of humanity-
when the secret
to your survival
is beneath
your heal

winter beach

winter view


winter view

the trick
is to see the dance;

maple and cherry embracing
or the trio of blue beach in a dance
too slow for us to notice
fucking humanity
can't imagine
a hundred years

i went into a friend's gallery
on the way home from a
wild goose chase
she was
painting things:
black bears
maple leaves
and an elk
looking your way

looking at looking

Question:
what colour are the shadows?
why are they not black?
where is the
blue
coming from?
why is not the
same blue as the sky
in the distance?

if, for no other reason

than
to prove
that they can
learn
to get along

on behalf of the planet

perhaps we,
who elected them
might ask that
they work a little harder and
spend as long as it takes
and not to come home
until they get it done

on rare occasions

the job at hand
turns out to be
easier than expected.
The mast is up
under the soffit
of the shop-
except for the
bit that's sticking out
both ends.

As darkness and
the temperature dropped
I dragged the rigging off the main
in out of the snow.
The shrouds and lines
weigh about as much
as the 38' mast.
It makes an interesting
addition to the kitchen.

boot stripes

does any body remember
why it's called a "boot stripe" ?
... I see a hand up
at the back,
yes

snow boat

forest maples
reaching skyward
then gradually
outward
the origin of the
northern gothic arch
echoed in
arched trusses
from sawn spruce
in-side out-side
blocked at two foot centres
with butternut
to support enclosed perlines
rounded edges
to prevent damage to tarp
fourteen feet wide and
twenty high
and snowing
every day now
in Canada