Monday, March 28, 2011

the peepers

The peepers sing,
in the dusk.
      Out of the mud,
       Their song drifts
        Sweet and green.

                                       -Kathleen Tenepas-

Actually, the month-long, haunting song of the peepers has ended, and I am missing it. But the girls find them skitting across the shallow creeks beds, ready to make acquaintance.

awareness of the beauty of life

And yet all we need is an awareness of the beauty in life to make us richly content.   ~Gladys Taber There is much work to do.  On some Satu...