a toast

a toast

to the departing year –

snow turns to rain . . .

A slightly different version of this was entered in the Shiki Monthly Kukai, December 2012

And here's a toast to all of us. Let's make it a good one!

cheers

All the joys of the season and blessings through the new year, my friends.

Thank you, Mr. LaPierre

on guard –

good guy with a gun shoots

himself in the foot

A response to the NRA's positive contribution to discussions about gun violence in the USA: one death every 20 minutes, and that's not counting the wounded.  

Frosty II

Just foolin' around:

snowy evening

the road less traveled

doesn't love a wall

passing

passing by woods

on a snowy evening . . .

my unkept promises

First published in A Hundred Gourds

If this reminds you of something you've read somewhere, it should.

why (Newtown CT, 14 Dec 2012)

why ? well –

he had 

these guns . . .

Walking around the mall yesterday, I wanted to hug every child I saw.

camera

no camera

learning

to let go

Posted as a comment at Juliet's blog

Warning

I've been spending too much time blocking anonymous comments (aka spam) lately, and I'm trying to deal with the problem. This may produce some complications at the blog over the next few days, but I hope that whatever problems do arise can be quickly resolved. I do not want to block any legitimate comments.

journey's end

journey's end

my shadow somewhere

in the night

International Kukai, November, 2012

waiting

waiting room

the steady hum

of the fish tank

Posted as a comment at Frank's blog.

absence

after a storm

the absence

of a tree

In memory of Robert Bauer. died Dec. 2, 2012

mist

mountain in the mist

the distance from here

to anywhere

Shiki Kukai, November 2012. Assigned kigo: mist