You may have noticed that my blog has been pretty quiet this summer. I think I’ve had trouble writing through the noise. Beginning in January, our home has been adjacent to a major construction project. By “adjacent” I mean that my office window is forty feet from heavy machinery that rumbles, buzzes, crunches, beeps, bangs,Continue reading “More Important Than Ever”
Tag Archives: Nature
Making Peace With Summer
This Facebook memory popped up today from June 20, 2018, when I was still teaching seventh grade: “Hubby refers to the person he’s living with right now as ‘Summer Carie.’ Summer Carie is a little crazy. She stays up late but also, somehow, gets up early. She reads for hours on end, only stopping toContinue reading “Making Peace With Summer”
Ode to Cedar Waxwings
Ode to Cedar Waxwings by Carie Juettner Who, oh who is pooping blueupon my flagstone walk?Oh, I see, it’s all of you—a cedar waxwing flock. Descending on my yard in droves,your high-pitched song is merry,for you have found a treasure troveof ripe ligustrum berries. Your feathers fade from brown to graywith a tail that’s tippedContinue reading “Ode to Cedar Waxwings”
Carie Juettner 