12 January 2020 (rain)

my long sweater

the color of forsythia

winter rain

11 January 2020 (thaw)

morning mist

mingling with woodsmoke

january thaw

10 January 2020 (orion's belt #5)

Orion’s belt

three wishes sometimes

aren’t enough

9 January 2020 (orion's belt #4)

Orion’s belt

the illusion of order

to the universe

8 January 2020 (orion's belt #3)

Orion’s belt

who wears the pants

in this galaxy

7 January 2020 (orion's belt #2)

Decided that this week I’m going to riff on “Orion’s Belt” as a theme. Where I live, Orion is a winter constellation.

my childhood nights

mapped with asterisms

Orion’s belt

6 January 2020 (orion's belt #1)

my three-point plan

for surviving winter

Orion’s belt

5 January 2020 (winter deepens)

Another response to a kigo (season word) prompt, this time to “winter deepens”:

winter deepens

the dark allure

of open water

4 January 2020 (clear and cold)

Inspired by the winter kigo prompt “clear and cold”:

clear and cold

following the crows’ calls

to an owl

3 January 2020 (ice)

on the rocks

the strange chemistry

of ice molecules

2 January 2020 (sunrise)

flaring sunrise

a single note

from a goldfinch