…Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for ambition, But some days I’d rather steep in my own kettle. Give me chamomile, cowboys, cornelian cherries. Let me sink, once again, into purposeless sleep.                 -Michael Steffen After enduring a full month … Continue reading →

Let us whir with the golden spoke-wheels Of the sun. For tomorrow Winter drops into the waste-basket,               And the calendar calls it March.                                                                                          – Amy Lowell (Lot # 3401 Bellwort Path) The scientific definition of the beginning of spring … Continue reading →

  I’d seen their hoofprints in the deep needles and knew they ended the long night under the pines…                 -Mary Oliver   Within Mount Auburn there are approximately 450 pine trees, representing two-dozen distinct species, out of the 125 … Continue reading →

…And thy lithe boughs hang murmuring and weeping Above her, as she steals the mystery from thy keeping…                                 -James Russell Lowell This year as the calendar turns to February our media is full of mention of athletic gold medals, … Continue reading →