It snowed today. First it was slow, soft flakes, then ice clicking on the windows and, after the wind fell, icy particles falling quickly. I’ve never really looked at snow so closely before. Perhaps it’s true that you watch nature more closely when you write haiku. Or maybe, in the absence of Murder She Wrote, merely means I have time to stare out of the window. It’s a rare day when Jessica Fletcher is absent from our screens, but today seems to be such a day. I had to watch Father Dowling instead.
I use snow in the English sense. It fell a couple of hours ago, gave us a light dusting and has now almost gone. This is, to be fair, early for English snow as it often doesn’t appear until January or February, and some years we have none at all. It may be thicker on the uplands and in Scotland, but compared to many places we don’t really have snow in the UK. We do have disruption caused by snow, but that’s because most of us have no equipment to cope with it.
Big news of the day is that Issue Six of Drifting Sands Haibun is now out and thy have shown exquisite taste in selecting one of mine. I could link directly to mine but will, instead, be more modest and just link to the magazine. Scroll down to Wilson for mine, but read some of the others on the way. From the ones I’ve read so far, I have to say that this is one of my favourite issues.
It’s now time to have lunch and complete the online grocery order. Whatever I die from, I doubt that it’s going to be stress. I’m feeling quite serene at the moment, in the absence of work, modern life and the need to wear shoes. There’s something very relaxing about life in slipper socks.
I’m currently working on a post about the RNLI, but, as usual, gathering the information takes me longer than writing a quick note on daily life, which is why slipper socks and snow rose to the top of the pile.
I really liked the rhythms in the prose section of your haibun.
Thank you. It took several months of work, and a few editorial tweaks but it seems to have worked out quite well.
Very well, in my view.
Thank you. 🙂
I scrolled down but couldn’t see a title “Wilson” although I did spot one called Facial which intrigued me until I realised it said Software beneath 😂
Yes, some words assume different meanings depending on context don’t they. 🙂
Wilson, is my real anme, as opposed to my accidental pseudonym. I seem to share it with several people including a dangerous criminal. What a strange world where Australia is exporting criminals…
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/fury-over-77-crime-killer-rapist/news-story/ba917a82eb7da1c68604d73da86bf55d
Oh dear he doesn’t look very charming but I guess we can’t say too much about the export 😂
No, as it’s fairly obvious where they got the idea from. 🙂
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Congratulations on the acceptance, and I agree, it is an excellent haibun, Quercus!
Thank you. I may try one on voles next…
Go down to the section on voles to see the mug shot of the various species of voles in Oregon. Although they do not have a photo up I think our main culprit is the Gray-tailed vole, Microtus canicaudus
https://myodfw.com/wildlife-viewing/species/rats-and-mice
You have so many to choose from! We only have three for the entire couintry.
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Excellent haibun, Quercus
Thank you Derrick.