Timothy Olson

We are delighted to have poet, Patricia Ann Hammill, contribute two more poems to the NESTER. Patricia writes ,”I wrote “Early Snow” several years ago and “Late Snow” this year . With the weather this spring, I thought it was appropriate.” The poems speak simply and eloquently of many of our feelings during the recent seasons.

After staying on the beach for a few summers, in 1984 I returned again to the fishing life that I found easy to leave in the fall and impossible to resist in the spring. ANOTHER SEASON celebrates a season’s “opening day” that always holds possibilities in equal measure for success and for disappointment. Of course, in my imagined first day, wee have success!

Cathy Ross’s Poem, “This Day”, treats a common subject in an uncommon way. We often say to each other idioms like “Seize the Day” or “Live One Day at a Time”. Cathy’s poem reflects on what would we want to say about that “special day” if we lived that way.

Dave Olson’s “A Meditation For Earth Day” expresses his insights into the significance of Earth Day from its beginnings and continuing into the current times. You are invited to appreciate what he writes together with the accompanying photographs.