The Minnesota countryside yesterday, between Rochester and Northfield, offered mesmerizing cloudscapes and inspired today’s poem: “Whiplash Weather.” The images here are in chronological order.

Okay! “I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now.” It is still dark out here. Time for the clarity that only “clouds in my coffee” can offer! (Apologies to lyrical goddesses Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon.)

Until tomorrow,

LESLIE