i just read someone's comment on facebook:

soon we'll have more daylight because of the time change.

what?

haven't they been looking around?

even here,

in this long harsh winter with little sunshine,

the days grow longer,

even if they are snowy

and windy

or just really cold,

so cold,

i turned back on my walk the other day.

that person needs to go outside.

[as if the human grid of time

has a way of shaping the arc of days.]

inside i've been making prints.

really fine colors, patterns

appearing

happily surprising me.

looking out my windows midday in the 9 degree wind

i saw a very hungry youngster

braving my yard

for cedar.

hoping for food,

eschewing that scary road.

glad i dropped some bits from the twigs i gathered for printing.

but it's not enough to make that belly warm.

meanwhile,

keeping my hands busy,

i spun up thread while waiting out the bitter winds.

i found a little of the leftover old lokta* to spin up.

here it is,

looking lovely in the early morning sun

today.

*thanks to my australian friends

karen and robyn

and as some of you might observe,
i deleted the swear word.
it's not my call to condemn if folks don't pay attention to
their days.
and it's hysterical that daylight fades their curtains
within a timeframe that only they
can understand.
here, the sun fades things if and when it does.
not, i might add, the contact prints on paper
or not that i've observed.
not once. ever.