25 July 2022 (Monday morning)

Monday morning

the thunderstorm rolls in

right on time

6 July 2022 (cicada)

for a moment

I stop what I’m doing . . .

first cicada

23 December 2021 (smile)

a smile in the voice

on the answering machine

Christmas Eve

18 February 2021 (Mars)

Mars landing

a stink bug explores

my desktop

(Actually it was a Western Conifer Seed Bug, but it looks like a stink bug)

25 January 2021 (retained earnings)

retained earnings

a sliver of sunlight

lands on my desk

22 January 2021 (ladybug)

profit and l0ss

a ladybug explores

the adding machine

21 January 2021 (snow)

snow accumulating . . .

I scan the January

balance sheet

12 January 2021 (stink bug)

open door policy

a stink bug drops by

my office

19 November 2020 (deer)

early dusk

a deer in the yard

no one else sees

7 July 2020 (on hold)

hold music

my work day

turns jazzy

January 23: River ice

Iced over, bank to bank--
skaters carve circles above,
river flows below.