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    scratchy commented on the post, track 1 year, 3 months ago

    little footsteps
    in the sand
    little fingers
    in my hand

    prints on the shore
    track alongside
    together, mother daughter
    always abide

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    scratchy posted a new activity comment 1 year, 3 months ago

    I like this imagery of the tracks running alongside each other…and the tracker dog, very apt

    In reply to - marlibar commented on the post, track Track! I like to keep track of the animal tracks which imprint the snow along the railway tracks leading into the forest. By my side, in my little cabin, a tracker dog lies waiting as I check my tracker shares… […] • View
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    scratchy commented on the post, ants 1 year, 3 months ago

    they think we are God.We are like ants to God. Is there a god who thinks our God is like a single small ant I wonder? life is just a telescope, but which end do we view it through

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    scratchy posted a new activity comment 1 year, 3 months ago

    I think this is very evocative and lovely

    In reply to - marlibar wrote about the word apron She…tying strings behind her waist with flour dusted hands, I remain still, standing, watching. Here at her side I learn the art of baking, brushing pastry with a brush dipped in milk. Learn to crimp the edges between finger and thumb. Wait for the waff from an oven door. Warm, tempting.. golden. • View
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    scratchy posted a new activity comment 1 year, 3 months ago

    I wonder how you finished this?

    In reply to - marlibar commented on the post, clue The more I tried to think about it, the more the haze in my head spread. Thoughts grew thin and a gauze curtain in my brain slowly parted onto emptiness. Later, as I drove along forty second street, the answer […] • View
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    scratchy commented on the post, clue 1 year, 3 months ago

    I love clues, because they give me a hint for the direction of travel, going home by another way. So much wilderness time, its good to see the light, get a hint, a whiff of the good way back

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    scratchy commented on the post, clue 1 year, 3 months ago

    I love clues because they give me a chance to get on track. So much wilderness time, a clue is so good. A voice, a hint of something, a starnge light, something to lead me along the new path home