Summersong

Trace your hand through the sand.
Smooth like a gull glides on the cirrus.
Until you are struck by grains so miniscule,
But they hide in the crevices,
And later when you go to wash up they empty out of your pockets.


It's chilly but you go for a dive on a dare.
The icy water hits you so quickly you missed a chance to breathe.
But in lesser time,
Your body is accustomed to the coldness and comfort returns.

The sun smirks as is fries your cells,
Melanin drinks in the rays like a famished animal.
You are leather like your father's briefcase.
Tiny colonies and speckles appear across your nose.
But your soul is soft with the joys of summer.

The Wolves

Two amazing musicians..Bon Iver and Ellie Goulding.

She did a cover of his song and someone made this lovely collaboration.

Easter Sunday

Today my little sister and I explored a local reservoir, made a boat out of bark and sent acorn passengers out to sea. I'm glad the weather is warming up while a nice cool breeze also blows. It's perfection.



I'm not very fond of portraits taken by cellular devices..so pardon the poor quality.

Chocolate Marshmallow Pie

I love spontaneously making pies. You can make them pretty much any way you'd like..with anything as a filling.

Last night I decided I wanted to make a chocolate marshmallow pie.

Here's how:

Crust:

• 9 graham crackers (you can use any kind you'd like..I used the regular honey ones)
• about 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 5 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted

In a food processor:

Break up graham crackers and combine them with the chocolate chips and the butter until coarse crumbs form.

Press mixture into a 9-inch pie plate using a spoon and your hands.

Bake for about 10 minutes in an oven at 375 F.

Filling:

• 34 large marshmallows
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1 cup half and half
  
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

In a medium saucepan, heat marshmallows, milk, and chocolate chips on low heat until the mixture is melted together. Be sure to stir constantly.

Then combine the marshmallow mixture with the half and half in an electric mixer until it is well blended.

Pour the filling into the baked crust and leave the pie in the fridge for at least 3 hours. I left mine in overnight to make sure the filling set well.

The end result was a bit more of a pudding-like pie instead of marshmallowy..but it was extremely delicious!

Dan Arborise

I just discovered him..and I'm kind of in love with his music:

Girly things

Nestled

The sun has shed its last tiers of light

And now it is time to pass through the tunnel of slumber.

A chill brushes across my spine.

I curl into my snail shell and hide from the blue.

Enveloped in the blankets like a sprout in its bean.

Wrapped in a nest of feathery down.

Soon I will wait for the day when I awaken and bloom.