Double rainbow

 

It is unclear why this has remained unposted for more than a year.

When it was taken, I was not in a posting groove.

At the end of 2010 summer, 

a little over a year ago,

Tricia and I visited

the Great Plains.

Our adventure began in Denver, the starting point for this year's travels as well.

We drove north through Wyoming into Montana where we saw 

the Little Bighorn National Battlefield Monument,

cut east to Mt. Rushmore and the Badlands

turned south through Nebraska,

and ended back to Denver.

We saw a number of national parks

and visited a couple of zoos.

We also checked out some state parks and historic sites

including Fort Phil Kearney State Historic Site 

near Banner, Wyoming.

There we journeyed to the location 

of the Fetterman Fight.

While we walked the grounds where battle once ranged

a small storm developed.

It brought enough rain to create

this double rainbow.

See you along the Trail.

19 September 2011

Shire on the Hudson

Making my way home

Water squishes from my socks
with each step I take through the station,
my pants restrict my movements,
clinging to my shins and thighs,

I trudge down the stairs and onto
the street; I walk through the rain
as though seeking a
wet Oxford shirt contest.

A white flash illuminates the sky,
glowing blue off the top of the subway car;
the sky rasps out
a deep, low rumble.

The storm exhausts its fury
while I make my way home
where I realize
how blessed I am.

19 August 2011
Shire on the Hudson