Some days in Seattle, especially Sundays,
it’s necessary to make your own.
Sun, that is.

We have these Pantone color-matching cards that make the perfect,
and we mean perfect, sunshine colors.
Mimosa makes sense for PMS 14-0848,
like Sunday brunch at the beach.
The mechanics are a bit like flying a kite,
string required, of course.
A bit of wind helps, but not too much.
You wait for just the right breeze, the right lift,
and you hoist your sunshine into the sky.
And bask in the glow.
Good for the soul.
SPF 2 is plenty.

communing with trees

awed by so many layers of life in these woods
a posterized view over Puget Sound
If it doesn’t snow at the beach, can you still meet a snowman?
If you find the right ingredients, like low tide, a crab leg for a nose,
And magic mittens that make sand into snow, sort of…