nick of time

In a private collection

sold through Edgewater Gallery

I’ve always loved Bonnie Raitt (can’t imagine
why she isn’t played on the radio all the time!)
and as I painted a little nick in the shadow
of this funny, simple barn in Middlebury, Vermont,
I thought about how it represents another ache
in the weathered surface of aging. The song
leads me to pondering impermanence
even as I appreciate the worn surfaces and the
lovely sunlit planes of the roof and enjoy that
elusive present moment.