For the first time this year, some of the local day lilies have begun to bloom. We may (or may not) get rain and/or thunderstorms tonight and/or tomorrow. Much of the grass is parched and tan. Now that summer will be here in full strength, Monday's high temperature is forecast to be in the mid 60's. Welcome to climate breakdown weather volatility in the Anthropocene!
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| daylilies in bloom
Photo by J. Harrington |
This is a busy time of year. Today folks celebrate Juneteenth. Tomorrow is both Father's Day and summer solstice. Next year those latter two events will be separated by a couple of days and preceded by Juneteenth. Then, each year, about two weeks from now, comes Independence Day weekend.
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| field full of hay bales
Photo by J. Harrington |
This past week many (most?) of the local farmers have finished baling the first cut of hay. Bales are scattered about the fields in irregular patterns. Soon they'll be collected and stacked at field's edge or near the barn. So far much (most?) of the corn appears to be holding up through the "abnormally dry" spell. There's not much rain in the forecast so yields may be down this year. We'll see how the summer plays out.
Yes, long shadows go out from the bales; and yes, the soul must part from the body: what else could it do? The men sprawl near the baler, too tired to leave the field. They talk and smoke, and the tips of their cigarettes blaze like small roses in the night air. (It arrived and settled among them before they were aware.) The moon comes to count the bales, and the dispossessed-- Whip-poor-will, Whip-poor-will --sings from the dusty stubble. These things happen. . .the soul's bliss and suffering are bound together like the grasses. . . The last, sweet exhalations of timothy and vetch go out with the song of the bird; the ravaged field grows wet with dew.
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