by Carolyn M. Crane | Dec 28, 2012 | Abbey Country, photographs
Each spring and fall, sandhill cranes migrate over our home on the west slope of the Sierra. Like so many of my friends and neighbors, I run outside to hear their calls and witness their grace. So, imagine my delight on vacation here in Abbey Country, when my...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Dec 11, 2012 | Essays
I’m republishing this with a dedication this year to Susan Nance of Nevada City for her ‘”Pay It Forward for the Holidays” project. You can find it on Facebook.
by Carolyn M. Crane | Oct 6, 2012 | poetry
This poem first appeared in the 1987 Suisun Valley Review under the title “Innocence and the Bulbs”. My peach zippered-down formal crackled As you reached in, finding my back, Fumbling with my Norform AA bra strap. My back was all you dared to touch That...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Aug 26, 2012 | Essays |
Thirty two years ago today, I lost someone special to me. Here is the story of his burial, just six years ago this month. RIP Rodney Wendell Emerson Roberts. I no longer dwell on you, but you cross my mind most days. You probably always will. On Saturday, August 19,...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jul 2, 2012 | Essays, Farming |
It is about 8 a.m. on July 2 and I am wearing a long underwear shirt and winter slippers as I sit here. I’ll go out for my walk in awhile and will pick up my pace through the shade to get out of the chill and the consistent swarm of gnats that seem to congregate...
