11/07

adding insult to injury
a nor'easter hit us today
dumping easily 4" of snow in my area
which wasn't supposed to stick
but which clearly did

looking out the studio window
i saw my dear little dogwood tree
with her branches bent to the ground
she hasn't lost her leaves yet
and the wet snow was too much for her to stand up to

three times during the night i went outside to clear the snow
three times during the night i thought of all the people
without heat, electricity, water,
to say nothing of homes
three times during the night i had to confront that there is
a lot more i can be doing besides clearing snow off my trees
and sheltering my friend & her family