The Fly-away horse

"Oh, a wonderful horse is the Fly-Away Horse 

Perhaps you have seen him before;

Perhaps, while you slept, his shadow has swept

Through the moonlight that floats on the floor. 

For it's only at night, when the stars twinkle bright, 

That the Fly-Away Horse, with a neigh 

And a pull at his rein and a toss of his mane, 

Is up on his heels and away!" 

from The Fly-away horse

by Eugene Field

Handhills

"Cocked in that land tactile as leaves

wild things wait crouched in those valleys

west of your city outside your lives

in the ultimate wind, the whole land's wave.

Come west and see; touch these leaves."

from Midwest

by William Stafford

Posts

"My self will be the plain,

wise as winter is gray,

pure as cold posts go

pacing toward what I know."

from The Farm on the Great Plains

by William Stafford

“We have searched the wide world over and 

not found forgetfulness.” 

from Sword Against Death

by Fritz Leiber

Barrie, ON April 2018

“The line between the reality that is photographed because it seems beautiful to us and the reality that seems beautiful because it has been photographed is very narrow."

from "The Adventure of a Photographer” (Difficult Loves)
by Italo Calvino

Toronto April 2018

Items from our trip to Toronto last week.

Shaun's snow day.

"White are the far-off plains, and white

The fading forests grow;

The wind dies out along the height,

And denser still the snow,

A gathering weight on roof and tree,

Falls down scarce audibly."

from Snow

by Archibald Lampman

There was a bit more snow on the weekend and 

Shaun is bored of winter.