[A partly-cloudy sky, reflected in the water of a bog at the edge of Loda Lake at the Loda Lake Wildflower Sanctuary.]

I was on vacation last week. I worked on projects around the house. I read a lot. I took some naps. I walked in the woods. It was a good, quiet time.

Reading

I picked up Jack Hirschman’s Front Lines and Frank O’Hara’s Lunch Poems from The Book Nook in Montague. They are my current porch-sitting reads, and they are most excellent.

Writing

I didn’t accomplish much other than a single poem to close out my most recently-filled journal. It has promise.

Weekly Writing Prompt

Subject: Portals, Empire
Setting: Ruins
Genre: Horror

Listening

Ringo Starr, “It Don’t Come Easy.”

Please, remember peace is how we make it
Here within your reach if you’re big enough to take it

Interesting Links

• “The Half Life of Empire” (Blair Fix, Economics From the Top Down)