In the old orchard
A kid-sized haywagon, some forgotten apple trees brimming with fruit, and thou. (Fruit stains at mouth: from wild blackberries, picked before the apple. Direction of gaze: the next apple, custom-plucked by Auntie Liz.)
At the penguin tank (1)
Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco. Love to those who remember and grieve today, and wisdom to us all. Some of which wisdom can be found, for example, Susan Faludi’s look at the myths underlying the administration’s response (in the NY Times), or Gary Kamiya’s look at the source of the response