November

2021, pen and ink on 9”x 12” stipple texture paper.

The ground is cold and wet, erupting with mushroom rings and Earth Stars. Stellar Jays forage for the last of the acorns among fallen leaves and colorful lichens. Daddy long legs find dark crevices and black beetles skitter across the path. The smell of smoke fills the gray sky and the invasive ground squirrels hunker down for winter.