Friends with the Wild My daily appointment is timed to fall when I return home a friend waiting in the driveway wandering aimlessly until I step into sight a happy little hop and clicks and croaks the dance we follow on our hot afternoons and when our visit ends and I have returned to the … Continue reading Friends with the Wild
poetry
Carry Me
Carry Me When my legs can't hold my stance and my feet have lost the ground carry me to the river let me return a creature of water set roaming for years finding evolution in reverse as I slide down muddy banks When this body can no longer stand against the weight of gravity and … Continue reading Carry Me
Hush #MondayBlogs
Hush #MondayBlogs We seek the quiet the stillness that was snow the Northern star become the North a climate allowing us to take a breath We move through stillness remembered against blizzard winds and breathless cold until each snow-tipped branch holds its silent breath We find the hush against the skies white as the snow … Continue reading Hush #MondayBlogs
Traveler #MondayBlogs
Traveler #MondayBlogs I rise from the desiccated sands a traveler lifted from the here and now my vision carries me an intrepid wayfarer ascending to the green hills embraced by misty mornings and soft rains no more in the space my body occupies but in some other world my mind's eye has opened to me … Continue reading Traveler #MondayBlogs
There Are No Lions Here #MondayBlogs
There Are No Lions Here #MondayBlogs The mind is a zebra skittish poised to run Every rustle and every breeze stalks hunts sees its prey But there are no lions here no apex, set to pounce no predator trapping us In its hungry gaze from across a savanna in the wilderness of thought There are … Continue reading There Are No Lions Here #MondayBlogs
Push
There is a moment within each week that suddenly becomes an uphill battle first, the alarm set before the rising sun the softness of sleep holding me in place then, the journey from solitude and silence into color and chaos and voices pitched loud transitions usually smooth automatic predictable become a sudden culture shock in … Continue reading Push
Morning Meditations
Morning Meditations I stand in the sun breathing in the day's gratitude taking in the sleepy world before traffic awakens to the roads the doves and the bees make short work of their music while the rabbits duck in and out of hiding wildlife in the suburbs greets my awakening eyes as peace washes over … Continue reading Morning Meditations
Gentleness #MondayBlogs
Gentleness We offer each other a soft landing within a world of hardened hearts we take the moment for breath for the pause for listening to the heartbeat that still runs steady beneath our feet We offer our own gentleness flowing outward into the world a quiet defiance in the face of everything brash a … Continue reading Gentleness #MondayBlogs
Perfect Conditions
Perfect Conditions The sky would never have fallen if the cliffs had reached higher heights none of it would have ended in disaster if only we had been stronger, better, morewe confront every hypothetical with repentance and endless regrets donning our armor to face all the things that were never real we borrow trouble and … Continue reading Perfect Conditions
Hope #MondayBlogs
Hope #MondayBlogs The tiniest push as we climb towards the sun chasing the light that nourishes us becomes unstoppable as we break through the barriers that keep us bound the limits that seek to bury us alive we hold fast to hope indomitable in our will steadfast as we rise returning to joy as we … Continue reading Hope #MondayBlogs