Random acts of afterschool kindness

M came home and washed
all the dishes in the sink
trying to be nice.

Long walk in sunshine

Dog is lagging yet
clear skies pale green leaves urge me
to linger longer.

10,000th hit

Who will you be, and
from where? What will have brought you
here – mere chance or choice?

First warm day

Rake leaves left over
from fall. Clean porch furniture.
Spring into action.

Going over Niagara Falls

A schoolteacher in
a barrel did what no man
could – lived to tell it.

Harbinger of spring

An unexpected
crocus emerges, smiling
from a brown leaf pile.

Natural born plant killers

No one waters them.
Tiny cells plead, but TV
seems more important.

500 haikus

From a Revealing
start to this auspicious point –
my life in short form.

Ironing as a metaphor

Smoothing over the
wrinkles in life takes more cold
cash than hot metal.

What a bargain

Shopped a membership
warehouse store today. Got six
years’ worth of ketchup.