I startle a deer eating breakfast in the tall grass
She bounds away, leaping through the air
The heft of her
She is magnificent
Such a deer!
I had seen her earlier with her fawn
Startled them both
The baby darted away
Mama following closely behind
I huff in the smell of the woods
The pine is my favorite
Bury me beneath a pine tree
So I can spend eternity
Buried in the hummus surrounding her trunk and
Blanketed in pine needles

My campers arrive tomorrow
Last bits of prep
Meeting agendas set
Door signs and name tags made
In the evening
A barbecue at sculpture
Toasting marshmallows on long sticks over the fire pit
The smell of smoke
The sound of laughter
The joy of friendship
Old and new

​The delight of moss
The green of it
The velvet of it
The magic of it

Finally getting a run in
The hills of Connecticut
Thank the uphills for the stretch
Bless the downhills for the relief
The beauty of the mist

How you’re revitalized
On a hot afternoon
With a packet of
Salt and vinegar chips
And a nap

There’s a tree outside my bunk
That emits small white puffs
That dance and twirl in the air
Making the world
Seem magic

The drive up Buck’s Rock Road
Never gets old
The green of the trees
The smell of the air
The thrill of
Coming home.

Realizing that I’ve been doing the Filmed Live Musicals research
For 12 years
Today they officially announced
They are filming Merrily We Roll Along ​

​The frustration of the US medical system
Tempered by the beauty of a hot summer day

​The thrill of standing in line
At 8 in the morning
With hundreds of your fellow theatre nerds
My first time in the David Koch Theatre
(I need to come see a ballet)
The thrill of seeing the dress rehearsal
Watching how it all comes together
How it looks in real life v. on the screen
The amusing speeches of the stand-ins
The Dad jokes for Father’s Day
Being in awe of the performers
Who are rehearsing this morning
Doing a matinee this afternoon
And coming back to do the show tonight
The thrill of it
The exhaustion of it
The anticipation
The rush of joy