Author Archives: literarylee

About literarylee

I sling words for a living. Always have, always will. Some have been interesting and fun; most not. These days, I write the fun words early in the morning before the adults are up and make me eat my Cream of Wheat.

First (Soil) Amendment Day

Posted on April 11, 2011 by literarylee

Yesterday was First (soil) Amendment Day (of the season).  I claimed my right (and accepted my responsibility) to enrich the soil in my gardens.  I like doing that work because it’s physical, good old-fashioned labor that invigorates.  I also like … Continue reading →

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Nothing Gold Can Stay

Posted on April 10, 2011 by literarylee

by Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing … Continue reading →

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Down to the River to Pray – 2

Posted on April 10, 2011 by literarylee

I am trying to get a sense of where you are, yes geographically, but also your heart, your soul, you yourself.  I want to know you’re o.k., but what does that even mean?  You could be alive and “well,” doing … Continue reading →

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Early Spring Saturday at the Alexandria Market

Posted on April 9, 2011 by literarylee

The morning is cold and crisp, like an apple picked in a cool, fall orchard and eaten straight away.  The bite, the shiver, are sweet and delicious this morning.  I’d like to see a little more sun and blue sky … Continue reading →

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Loveliest of Trees: Posted too Soon!

Posted on April 8, 2011 by literarylee

Eager beaver blogger that I was, I posted, long before I should have way back in cold January, a poem about cherry blossoms.  One of the first I memorized, “Loveliest of Trees the Cherry, Now” by A.E. Housman, perfectly captures … Continue reading →

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51 Year Old Blossoms

Posted on April 8, 2011 by literarylee

Today I took my fifth trip to Cherry Blossom Land.  I’m determined to see them through their annual journey from fresh-faced babies to shriveled petals on the ground.  I arrived at the Tidal Basin during lunch and recognized the trees … Continue reading →

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Duck 2

Posted on April 7, 2011 by literarylee

(Duck Series Gallery)

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Bombay Letter 5 – March 1998

Posted on April 7, 2011 by literarylee

(Part of a letter typed on actual paper with a typewriter by my wife during the first month of our stay in Bombay.) March 22, 1998 Dear Family, One of the things I’ve been wanting to do is write down … Continue reading →

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One way or another

Posted on April 6, 2011 by literarylee

Over the last few weeks I’ve been planting warm weather plant seeds.  I was watering the flats one evening and noticed a little green shoot peeking up at me from a place I wouldn’t have expected it.  While planting the … Continue reading →

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Nature’s First Green is Red

Posted on April 5, 2011 by literarylee

I am struck by how many first leaves are some shade of red or maroon.  I would have thought it an obvious thing that new leaves are green.  Many, such as weeping willow, are.  A lot of others, at least … Continue reading →

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