November 7: At the community garden

Day before election.
Watching robins eat berries
in full sunlight.

June 20: Solstice

I remember from high school Latin class that "solstice" means "sun stopped." It is not etymologically related to solitude.

Solstice. Driving home.
Lucinda Williams singing
"Big Red Sun Blues."

April 17: Birthday

Caterpillar moves fast
across the sunlit driveway
because it can.

April 12: Solar powered

Outside with a good book.
Stray guinea hens cackle

on the neighbor's porch rail.

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March 25: Sublimation

Sunny, above freezing--
one molecule at a time
snow disappears.

March 20: First Day of Spring

North, a solar eclipse--

here, weak sunlight reflecting

on dirty snow.

November 23: End of a long weekend together

sun streams in on us
the game's on tv
at the good burrito place

November 8: Solar energy

Sunlight ignites the last leaves
silvers the cat's fur.
The river can't wait.

October 5: Sunday

After the rain, sun.
Crows cawing in the backyard
beckon us outside.

June 3: In class

Perfect sunny day.

We talk conservation

in a windowless room.

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June 3: In class

Perfect sunny day.

We talk conservation

in a windowless room.

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May 28: Pedicure

Three weeks till summer--
bare feet in wet grass,
freshly polished toe nails.

April 17: Kinglets foraging at the library on a chilly spring morning

Kinglet's ruby crown
flares, catches the morning sun.
Spring. We're all on fire.

April 12: Back in the garden at last

Today is my youngest sister's birthday, and what a beautiful day it is!

All morning I rake,
exposing tulip leaves
to the jubilant sun.

March 18: Snowshine

Sun shining on snow--

I squint, dazzled by snowshine,

but I'm still cold.

February 18: Another storm approaches

As the day wore on
the light dimmed.
Snow falls now in the dark.

July 4: Joy of waking to sunshine on a summer holiday

Sun shining through blinds.

Outside, a runner pads past.

Cat still sleeping.

July 3: Holiday weekend begins

Paul finishes mowing,
picks cherry tomatoes.
Finally, sunshine.

May 6: Afternoon song

Soothing, somehow--
breeze through the screen,
robin's rollicking, sunlit song.

March 8: Light

When I have a cold in the summer, my favorite home remedy is to fall asleep in the sun in my backyard and sweat it out. Home sick today, but with the yard still covered with crusty old snow, that wasn't an option. But it was mild enough to open the solid wood inner door to let the sun and light through the glass storm door. I wanted to curl up in it like a cat. My cat, however, preferred the couch.

Sunlight on the floor--
a honey lozenge
to soothe my cold.