January Thaw – Sierra Nevada Ally

January Thaw – Sierra Nevada Ally

Ice. Image courtesy of Terri Breeden “I’m not mad at you.” ~what Renee Good said to the ICE agent before he shot her in the headThe desert clay can’t absorball the snowmelt, miringwalkers in morning mudparadoxically, it both holds tightand shoves sideways, slipperybeneath the soles. It’s quieton the trail except for the squelchof each measured stepand the cacophony in my head:“how could’s” and “what if’s”blaring into a sun-scratched sky.The dog…