walking a path between the corn in saginaw forest
on a beautiful morning
we even found our way out
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‘a light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.’
-anne bronte
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saginaw forest, ann arbor, michigan, usa
summer 2026
summer solstice
longest day
shortest night
tomorrow
begins
its slow reversal
enjoy every minute
of today
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“humans are vulnerable and rely on the kindnesses of the earth and the sun; we exist together in a sacred field of meaning.”
-joy harjo
*Joy Harjo, (1951) is an internationally renowned poet, musician, playwright, and author. She is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and made history as the first Native American to serve as the United States Poet Laureate, holding the prestigious position for three terms from 2019 to 2022.
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lake superior, marquette, michigan, usa
on the first day of summer and make music day –
when music and summer are one.
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Make Music Day is a free celebration of music around the world on June 21st. Launched in 1982 in France as the Fête de la Musique, it is now held on the same day in more than 1,000 cities in 120 countries. Make Music returns to Ann Arbor for another wonderful day of music in 2025.
Completely different from a typical music festival, Make Music is open to anyone who wants to take part. Every kind of musician — young and old, amateur and professional, of every musical persuasion — pours onto streets, parks, plazas, and porches to share their music with friends, neighbors, and strangers. All of it is free and open to the public.
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“in summer, the song sings itself.”
― William Carlos Williams
“the sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.”
-pamela hansford johnson
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summer on glen lake, empire/glen arbor, michigan, usa
“summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots,
or trying to sleep in the tree house; summer was everything good to eat;
it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill.”
– harper lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
one of my all-time favorite books and movies and here were are once again, in summer.
i even played ‘scout’ once in a scene of a play, and it was something.
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credits: j.b. lippincott & co., universal pictures
not my bear, not my state, not my deck
but i get it
everyone needs relief from the heat
such extreme weather
just a quick over the shoulder glance
and then –
relief
you find it where you can
careful not to bother anyone else in the process.
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‘if you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?’
-steven wright
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image credit: nature is amazing
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or both.
welcome summer.
coming in hot.
“that august time it was delight. to watch the red moons wane to white.”
-algernon charles swinburne
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image credit: *kevin henkes, ‘kitten’s first full moon’
*one of my fav authors/illustrators of children’s books
happy 4th of july, may you celebrate your independence today and every day
exploring saginaw forest
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“july is a blind date with summer.”
*-hal borland
*Harold “Hal” Glen Borland was an American writer, journalist and naturalist. In addition to writing many non-fiction and fiction books about the outdoors, he was a staff writer and editorialist for The New York Times
1900 – 1978
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summer 2023, ann arbor, michigan, usa
I didn't have my glasses on.... 