pattern making

when you need more than plain, 
more than the grid of over one, under one, 
you play. 
sometimes 
serious play. 

my dear friend pat bramhal
weaving a basket 
in silver 
sometimes your weave becomes a map
and you search
stitch 
excavate
deep and shallow
a mole's travels
or a trail
further evidence of the ermine
and a stone
split by weather
more paths
tracks
mapping
and weaving
grid of living here and now
mud season 
it's here.