Stories

Nothing improves a party like a baby goat! This one came to the celebration 

for my grandson Tanner's high school graduation. And was greeted with joy

by the red-haired girl from next door. Everybody petted the goat, and 

it was a fine feature of the party!

At a Kitchen Table

Not a flock of stories

not usually,

but a few that arrive at dusk,

in pairs, quietly

creating themselves

in the feathery light.

And rarely with fancy plumage

of blue or green and red

but plain, as of clay or wood,

with a plain little song.

Theirs are the open wings

we light our table by.

Ted Kooser

Splitting an Order, Copper Canyon Press, 2014, page 55.