God’s up to something
Calm, peaceful, still, ever. How can anyone tire of this view? That goes on forever, Forgives all Welcomes all Receives all. You are there. Out my bedroom window My backyard, My puppies’ playground, Sheltered and safe. *** Wait! What was that? Who do you think you are, Forcing your way in like that? Painting my […]
Creating My Own Virtual Reality
Today, I begin. No direction. No insistence. No requirements. Nothing calls me. Nothing claims me. I can reply to every email or not one. I can answer every call or silence my phone. I can strike off in any direction I choose. And I do choose. I have this choice everyday. Today, I see it. […]
Winter, We Need You!
Nature is a tease this year. Look at those chutes, Yawning and stretching. Time to wake already? Seems like I just went to sleep. Look at those buds, Plumping on each branch. Well, if he is, I guess I’d better. The unfurling must be soon, Baby, it’s warm in here. Spring must be coming, Warm, […]
I’m there if you need me
Even the least of us must do our part… How often do you run into an Einstein, Beethoven or Karl Barth? Someone has said such people are like four-leaf clovers, but what really keeps the pastures green, the cows fed, and the bees happy is the vastly more numerous ordinary, run-of-the-mill, three-leaf variety.* I’ve got […]
Beyond the Clearing Where Life Gets Real
Life is pristine through my close-up lenses. My hand-writing, clear and crisp, the grain of my table, inviting, the lines of the photo, smile. All, brush strokes of the master. They draw me into the world on the page that takes me far away to that delightful Narnia; Where children and creatures, wardrobes and weather, and a […]
Welcoming the Stranger
Unlikely partners, these two, One tall and statuesque, the other short and squat. One, firm and defined, Hands neatly latch their way up the ladder of the palm tree bark. The other, raucous and unwieldy, Green sprigs, as a rogue lock Escaping from the ponytail. One, disciplined and ordered. the other, doing as it pleases. […]
The View
Mesmerizing, this small, sprightly sparrow, as he (or she) hops, perches, steps, sidles, then leaps, flaps, lands. Exploring twig to twig branch to branch, bridging tree to tree. A car approaches, hesitating at the intersection. “Doesn’t she have something better to do with her time?” I can imagine its driver is saying of me. This is […]
Sticky Fingers Don’t Leave Prints
It’s terrible having sticky fingers. No, not the kind that pull what doesn’t belong to you off the department store shelves. I’m no thief. I don’t steal stuff. I feel stuff. Everything I touch has a sense, a texture, a tone, a pinch, a puff, a cuddle, a rebuff. It’s slippery or slimy, it’s sticky […]
Not meant for the easy way
How easy to be a tree. Seed and sprout, Green and grow, Bloom and leaf and shed, repeat. Reach, reach for the sun. Yawn, yawn, day is done. Oh, to be like the tree. Small then tall, with no thought outside it all. Branches spread wide, Food and water come inside. Times up, fold your wings, […]
Expectant
How brave the mother cardinal, perched atop the feeder, not feeding, but performing, not performing, but calling. With words I do not know, but a voice I dearly do. I am here! I have a message for you! Come! She calls out and waits, calls out and waits, for the answering call in a pitch and rhythm […]