An Auspicious Start

I finally began working here in Colorado.  I'm conducting an after school science club at the Crested Butte Public School and I started this past Thursday, yep, the day Prince died.  As momentous as that was I will mark it clearly as a day in green  for Sir Gawain, as purple as the first crocus bloom.  We photographed and Id'd a butterfly, began tracking the life cycle of an Aspen, we talked about the eating habits of Magpies.  It was a good day, there was music, laughter, and a sense of accomplishment that adds up to past tense.

Tonight I’m Gonna Party

I wore a purple scarf

The day Clemens died

Remembered it was

Sandy Denny’s departure date

As well

Rode into Gunnison

With Swegen in the backseat

His head out the window

His hair blowing

The way I feel

                About death

The big horn sheep

On the side of the road

Indifferent and diffident

To everything

Save the task at hand

Look up as the pup

Says hello

To another round of

Purple rain

Let’s go crazy