World Aids Day —
hopes for a vaccine
rise with our prayers

The Past Is Prologue

We don't have to imagine what will happen if Trump detains and/or deports huge numbers of illegal immigrants as he has repeatedly said he plans to do.

Twelve years ago, on the heels of some state-wide restrictions on migrant labor, reported Julie Strupp wrote a great piece in MIC:

"We need to face the facts: our agricultural industry is built on illegal labor, and it needs to be reformed."

Read the full article here (it's not long)!

(HT: Flynn Talwar)

holiday baking —
folding in some music
along with the eggs

a good soaking rain —
on the long row home our boats
fill up with water

Thanksgiving prep —
scrubbing root vegetables 'til
the water runs clear

colors that remain
call out more insistently —
tiny purple berries

now the bees give up
on finding any pollen —
this will have to do

withered reeds —
the marsh draws in on itself
its mud crazed with cracks

ruby crowned kinglet —
so light that the branches
don't even bend