Friday, July 10, 2009





I hiked in the woods beyond the back fence -- pushing grasping greenbriar out of the way with my chestnut walking stick.  


I was noticing the ferns and trying to train my eye to distinguish one from the other.  Little white moths rose up around me with each step.  








I fancied myself wizardish -- with my staff, broad brimmed hat and my coterie of half a hundred flickering moths.