Every Good Morning

You Can Listen Here The off-shore storm has kicked up the waves. I cannot keep my feet in combers that come in thick and remorseless at thigh level, but with the first plunge the water has a wake-up shock effect, and after that I can dive over or submerge to escape the force of these breakers, all white-foamed and unmoved by my weak flesh. Fifty yards from the beach, facing directly east, I can almost […]

You Can Listen Here Buddy is a blond beauty with bangs like a Norwegian child. He has long, delicate, feminine eyelashes, enormous brown eyes; his coat glows a deep gold. A Haflinger , his chest forms a smooth, all-muscle shield, and he can turn in a tight, complete circle so quickly it seems like a trick. He radiates a controlled power. Occasionally I stand up and stroke his nose which is as soft as cashmere. […]

You Can Listen Here This cool, wet spring has given woodlands a weightier feel than I remember from last spring; like that, in a sharp snap of time, winter’s bare, long views have been wiped out by vines piled upon thorn bush and tree fall, by saplings pushing upon thicker-spreading big-leaved branches. On deep, gray sunless days the light on the lower trail looks as if it has been strained through green filters — no […]