from my booklet “words within 2018” (to Darrell Kerr) they were full of angst and Olde English 800, they were older than me, they were men, they were artists, they were poets, they introduced me to Ginsburg and Bukowski, they said words i was not supposed to say, in front of the world and out …
from my booklet “words within 2018” Late afternoon light, facing East with deep Japanese Maple and Rhododendron shadows on the weather beaten wooden slat fence. the wind turns on and off (like a kid with a light switch) – just for fun sending the leaves twirling on their stems some leave their stems the sky has …
from my booklet “words within 2018” a few minutes ago, this thought came to me in words… being grateful we make our life, being compassionate we make our wealth, helping others we make our success. and i felt so good i wrote it down… till a fear/doubt set in…was i worthy enough… which led to …
from my booklet “words within 2018” At Chuck’s a flat of blackberries are on sale until Friday July 27, so the white writing on the small black shelf display states. As i decide on this impulse purchase, two women (who are engaged in their own discussions and appear to be friends) approach the same display. …
from my booklet “words within 2018” On my way home full of breathe energy infinity fields full of majestic cows oblivious to the wondrous surroundings focused on the here and now, of grass and field weeds growing unencumbered, the way it is
from my booklet “words within 2018” drive over the aged wooden boards, barely a bridge but working down then over the loose gravel path stop for official access pass at the log cabin window, holding my hat against this blustery early afternoon in early June, pay your fee to continue raising dust, driving 10 MPH …
from my booklet “words within 2018” as for Memorial Day, i can guess, there is an elaborately prepared and fastidiously displayed ‘simple family meal’. Weather permitting, the multitude of dishes are spread through out the built in BBQ area arranged on the seasonal table clothes. At the patio table, and garnering a bit of shade, …
from my booklet “words within 2018” it is that time of the evening, when one can hear the many birds final roosting talk for evening, through closed windows, while shadows have become non-existent as the sky relaxes, no longer bearing the weight of the sun, while the clouds fold into each other obscuring the blue, …
from my booklet “words within 2018” music does something very much different, to my brain than mediation, music seems to generate levels of memory, bringing them to the present, while meditation allows time to pass through and brings to the present what is valid for this moment “Have you also learned that secret from the …
from my booklet “words within 2018” on another train of thought, someone asked “how did you find us?” i come out of nowhere i know no one that is both my weakness and my strength i must take life on it’s own terms, in many ways self contained, although i have a large circle of …
