Surprises
care for the Life around you, give it food and water
and you just never know what might pop up
from beneath the fecund earth
waiting to surprise and delight you.
Well, kids, I’m 44 and I’ve finally faced the truth that my luscious body is changing a bit. My eyes need some help so I got a pair of reading glasses. I have been avoiding reading books because my eyes get so tired and I LOVE reading so I sucked it up. So why the…
A breakfast picnic with the girls.
“I feel like I should be doing something momentous with my life, ” she said. I replied that she had been raising her baby for 10 years. She said she wanted to find something more important to do. I said, “In the meantime, enjoy the setting sun and the smell of your daughter’s hair.” It…
When the words stop And you can endure the silence That reveals your heart’s Pain Of emptiness Or that great wrenching-sweet longing, That is the time to try and listen To what the Beloved’s Eyes Most want To Say. ~Hafiz (as translated by Daniel Ladinsky in “The Gift”)
“Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, ‘Grow, grow.’” – Talmud These are words to live by. I honor my many angels that help me grow and I endeavor to be that angel for the entities that cross my path in life whether they are people, plants, animals or…
I just sent a audioblog of me singing “Summertime”. I’ve been singing that song for as long as I can remember. Good times.