leave that tree alone
January 12, 2008
Tonight Buddy and I roamed the streets of our town. He is an Airedale terrier and loves to be vigilant. Unfortunately his eyesight is not keen and he will often mistake something like a fire hydrant for a possible attacker.
Along our route were many discarded Christmas trees abandoned at curbside. Perceiving them as critters, Buddy would pitch forward on the leash at each sighting. It made these sad encounters refreshingly comical.
I could not help but reflect on all the resources we put into these trees: the time, land, labor, fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, shipping, selling, buying, decorating, stripping, tossing, and disposing. Over 100 million of these trees are harvested worldwide each year. It seems a waste.
the sun is a hostile witness
November 26, 2007
men of power
tell us to use more –
they bill monthly
Chocolate Coal Chips
May 16, 2006
The spoon is
a bulldozer –
the ice cream
West Virginia.
I scrape for chips
of chocolate.
No one seems able
to stop me.
qazse 