shadow
among shadow–
the day begins cold
huge trees in the park —
a different dog
chasing the stick
sun & moon
in the same sky
the small hand of my wife
“huge trees in the park–” the heron’s nest (April 2001)
“shadow” – breathmarks: haiku to read in the dark
“sun & moon” Global Haiku: Twenty-Five Poets World-Wide
potluck
On April 8, 2005, the legal reform group HALT submitted comments to the
D.C. Bar Board of Governors concerning revisions to its Rules of Professional
Conduct. In addition to supporting further unbundling efforts and the continu-
ation of multidisciplinary practice, HALT suggests that Rule 1.2(a) further
clarify the primacy of the client’s decision-making in civil matters (similar to
criminal matters). HALT also proposed the following addition to Rule 1.5:
1.5(g) A lawyer shall not enter into an arrangement for, charge,
or collect a value based (or percentage) fee in a probate matter.
As for access, HALT urged the District “to recognize in the commentary to
Rule 1.2 that limited scope representation is but one of several ways to increase access
for legal consumers. Lawyers have an ethical responsibility to be familiar with other
low-cost options for consumers and to help their clients find and use resources
such as mediation and arbitration, self-help legal materials and Web sites, and
nontraditional legal service providers.” [Ed. note: Amen.] See the full set of
Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed., 2000), when writing about the scandalous
The abbreviation of pantaloons to pants met with some resistance
at first; it was considered vulgar and, as Oliver Wendell Holmes
[physicant-writer and dad of the famous jurist] put it, “a word
not made for gentlemen, but ‘gents.'”
I think Dr. Holmes would have gagged over the word “blog.”
remind us of the secret behind Albert Einstein’s hairdo: “Neglect!”