Author Archives: janishaag

Said the guy towing a small trailerbehind his bike on a Fridaygarbage morning, after he stopped,opened the blue bin in frontof my house, searching for cans. And I thought—as I installeda new little flag on my front yardwith two fingers … Continue reading →

I insert the key into the venerable doorbehind which home has sat, solidas an old oak, for 103 summers now, though I have spent a mere 38 of themas its owner. I like to think of myselfas the caretaker for … Continue reading →

Some days we have a lot of it—the pre-9 a.m. walk for me with Debby the river, a good 3 1/2 miler, later a haircut with Susan,then a massage with Kat,and later still, a hearing aidappointment for the beloved. And … Continue reading →

Not the same as in the snazzy swim spawith Terri, the iPad set up to watchCoach Stacy put us through ourwater aerobics paces, but I am grateful to those two womenfor teaching this old lifeguard/swim coach/instructor some newtricks for my … Continue reading →

By mid-August, this is getting old, you guys.I mean, I’m glad you’re out here bloomingyour fool heads off, but to make sure youdon’t expire too soon, I come outsideand squirt you every other day,sometimes daily when it’sso ungodly hot we’reall … Continue reading →

(for beloved ducks everywhere,including mine, whose half-birthdayis today) We have seen real mallards,the Duck and I, floating in poolswhere I love to swim, paddling and quacking theirway through turquoise pondsquite unlike any wild water in this neck of the woods. … Continue reading →

It’s only in the after that I see it:How I should’ve slowed down,stopped, actually, that time, a hundred times,and, fitting my small hand intoyour larger one, just sat in the quiet of the back yard, as I do now,under the … Continue reading →

Not a sunrise gal,but when I’m in an east-facingplace with a view of a. horizonb. waterc. mountains or some combination thereof,the lightening of sky intoa gently feathered gray-blue over a band of soft tangerine willoften propel me to the vertical.And, … Continue reading →

(And other names for the August full moon) To many, it’s the Sturgeon moon namedfor the great ancient fish that shinesdeep-water wisdom and endurance upon us earthlings. It reminds usthat we live through sacred cycles,hold the changes. We, too, know … Continue reading →

…your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and … Continue reading →