Jean Linville
144 seasons within 2 years
April 20 - April 24 I lean into the curve of the tree's trunk both of us warmed by the morning sun and songs of birds whose names I have...
top of page
Search
Jean Linville
- Apr 20, 2022
- 1 min
shared spaces
April 15 - April 19 my enchantment with red-winged blackbirds sending songs between hummocky islands comes to a halt as a protective...
14 views1 comment
Jean Linville
- Apr 15, 2022
- 1 min
at last
April 10 - April 14 warm air has flown in on silent great blue heron wings parting clouds and coaxing turtles to bask on floating...
22 views2 comments
Jean Linville
- Apr 10, 2022
- 1 min
open for business
April 5 - April 9 the first flash of pink appears thin crepe paper petals unfurl filaments arch and offer tiny platters of pollen to all...
15 views1 comment
Jean Linville
- Apr 5, 2022
- 1 min
windows of time
March 31 - April 4 it takes only a second to pause and look outward breathing in the artistry and serenity of bare branches silhouetted...
12 views0 comments
Jean Linville
- Mar 31, 2022
- 1 min
resilience
March 26 - 30 March's fickle temperament throws everything it has at a rising Lenten rose
10 views0 comments
Jean Linville
- Mar 26, 2022
- 1 min
storytellers
March 21 - 25 raindrops chilled with March air fall and pool into leaf puddles shared tales of transformation once flowing once freezing...
13 views1 comment
Jean Linville
- Mar 21, 2022
- 1 min
textures of an equinox
March 16 - 20 how can the tiniest of raindrops fall and sit on the very tips of cattail hairs
8 views1 comment
Jean Linville
- Mar 16, 2022
- 1 min
the color of spring
March 11 - 15 bursts of bright spice-scented fireworks yellow as the new feathers on male goldfinch wings
9 views1 comment
Jean Linville
- Mar 11, 2022
- 1 min
once the ice leaves
March 6 - 10 joy is found in a squawking vee flying noisily overhead and the welcome sight of bobbing flocks of ring-necked ducks not...
16 views5 comments
Jean Linville
- Mar 6, 2022
- 1 min
jubulation
March 1 - 5 sunlit branches raised sing songs of gratitude lauding the sap rising up from the ground
17 views4 comments
Jean Linville
- Mar 1, 2022
- 1 min
a collar worthy of Ruth
February 24 - 28 angular pellets of sleet persist in shaded corners of the yard tiny ice diamonds clinging to an elegant string of lichens
12 views2 comments
Jean Linville
- Feb 24, 2022
- 1 min
shall we dance?
February 19 - 23 pine cones cut from their boughs seem to have spent their last moments dancing their way to the ground
13 views2 comments
Jean Linville
- Feb 19, 2022
- 1 min
a verdant speck
February 14 - 18 a wave of springlike temperatures dissolve snow piles into the ground exposing vibrant treasures glad for water and a...
30 views3 comments
Jean Linville
- Feb 14, 2022
- 1 min
house for sale
February 9 -13 leaves gone for months now suddenly the sun is able to throw shafts of light onto the decomposing memories of young...
15 views0 comments
Jean Linville
- Feb 9, 2022
- 1 min
scattered on the ice
February 4 - 8 savy squirrels brave branches slick with glassy ice sending gnawed off spruce buds to the ground
20 views2 comments
Jean Linville
- Feb 4, 2022
- 1 min
red twig dogwood
brilliant branches sing joyous refrains breaking the dreariness of a cold foggy day
15 views1 comment
Jean Linville
- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min
dessert
January 20 - January 24 last night Peboan piped snow frosting on each branch in view as the clouds fly off a bluebird alights knocking...
17 views0 comments
Jean Linville
- Jan 20, 2022
- 1 min
secrets
January 15 - January 19 birch tree seeds rest on millions of tightly packed snowflakes who keep stories of raindrops, rivers nimbus...
16 views0 comments
Jean Linville
- Jan 15, 2022
- 1 min
on a winter's day
January 10 - January 14 a cold north wind skates across the lake waltzing with falling snow creating dizzying works of art as the...
33 views5 comments
bottom of page