stash/edges

all winter i have been ecoprinting.
on flax, 
milkweed,
hosta,
abaca,
 arches text wove, 
and on lokta
PAPERS
and



on shifu, textiles, and threads.
i've bound up a few books
and have the covers ready for an edition of 
HORTUS SICCUS
my
dry garden.
i hope that while i travel out to colorado
for the terraphilia residency
to bring along my hortus siccus,
to explore what is a very dry garden, indeed.
i leave a week from today.
~~~
last night i visited the county jail
and a young man i know
and have new thoughts about how
we treat
those on the edges.
i wonder about edges, how rich they are
until you slip over
and get lost.
~~~
after terraphilia,
i will drive north to estes park
to visit my heart school
eagle rock school and professional development center
and teach a little workshop.
ian and hannah graduated from ers.
it's a place
for teenagers to get found,
not lost.
~~~
the last of the eucalyptus