by Linda Buckley | Jul 18, 2020 | News & Updates, Pandemic Poems, Poetry
The year is 2020 and a global pandemic is killing off the old and sick. One of the symptoms is loss of smell. In the kitchen Bacon sizzles while Garlic and onions Transform in olive oil Aromatic chicken fries Rhubarb pie bakes Yes, I smell them all!! In the forest...
by Linda Buckley | Jul 8, 2020 | News & Updates
One of the fun events at the Tenakee Fourth of July is the annual slug toss. Years ago an invasive species we call “China blacks” showed up and took over. The banana slugs are nearly gone. The slimy black slugs are everywhere. On the 4th we put them on a...
by Linda Buckley | Jul 7, 2020 | News & Updates, Pandemic Poems, Poetry
The eagle has landed!! As the coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate the news interspersed with race riots, this immature eagle sits on my neighbor’s roof preening. The eagle doesn’t know that she has come to me as a gift. Flying out of the spruce...
by Linda Buckley | Jun 16, 2020 | News & Updates
Part 1: Getting in I stand naked staring at the hot water gingerly placing one foot into the tub Bending over I brace myself on porcelain Lifting a second foot over and into the tub I grab both faucets and try to squat Down, down, down, drop and...
by Linda Buckley | Jun 14, 2020 | News & Updates, Pandemic Poems, Poetry
There once was a girl from Alaska Whose mom said “you must wear a maska” There is a health crisis We’ll eat beans and rices You’ll home school and do all your taskas!
by Linda Buckley | Jun 13, 2020 | News & Updates
June 12, 2020 In the midst of a global pandemic, climate crisis, and racial injustice, this image showed up today. This little two year old LOVES his book, ?The Bear in the Blueberry? and listens to it every night. He took the ?bear fact? about how the bears eat...
