LYING IN A HAMMOCK AT WILLIAM DUFFY’S FARM IN PINE ISLAND, MINNESOTA Over my head, I see the bronze butterfly, Asleep on the black trunk, blowing like a leaf in green shadow. Down the ravine behind the empty house, The cowbells follow one another Into the distances of the afternoon. To my right, In a [...]
Archive for July, 2007
“Into the distances…”
Posted in James Wright, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Spirituality, Wholeness, Writing on July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Darken with kindness…”
Posted in Inspiration, James Wright, Language, Nature, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Spirituality, Wholeness, Writing on July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Like anyone else who loves reading and writing, I am infinitely nosey–curious about the lives of poets and writers. I always read their acknowledgements; their dedications. I want to know who they are thanking–who brought salsa, beer and chips…who diapered and fed the kids; who was always there for them…who did the typing; who read [...]
“Happy Anniversary…”
Posted in Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Rumi, Spirituality, Wholeness, Writing on July 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
QUATRAINS: 1246 The minute heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. – RUMI -
“Movement beneath the water…”
Posted in Inspiration, Instructions, Nature, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Spirituality, Wholeness, Writing on July 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
STARFISH This is what life does. It lets you walk up to the store to buy breakfast and the paper, on a stiff knee. It lets you choose the way you have your eggs, your coffee. Then it sits a fisherman down beside you at the counter who says, Last night, the channel was full [...]
“The central vein…”
Posted in Inspiration, Naomi Nye, Nature, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Wholeness, Writing on July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
NEXT TIME Ginko trees live 1,000 years. Eating the leaves will clear your brain. When I heard about them, I thought of my mother, how much I would like to sit under one with her in the ancient shade, nibbling the flesh, the stem, the central vein. – NAOMI SHIHAB NYE -
“Happy Birthday, Grace…”
Posted in Family, Photo Canvases, Photography, Wholeness, Writing on July 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This is a very, very special, special day in my life. Twenty three years ago, on a perfectly beautiful morning at 7:55 EDT, I gave birth to an exquisite baby girl…Grace…surrounded by people I love in the bedroom of my 1860′s farmhouse. For me, there are no words to express my experience of giving birth [...]
“A lifetime burning…”
Posted in Instructions, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Spirituality, T.S. Eliot, Wholeness, Writing on July 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Is it possible to have a favorite poet? Or for that matter, a favorite food? Certainly there are foods that stand out–lobster; top drawer chocolate and ice cream; perfectly ripe mangoes; fresh sushi from Sushi Dan; Irish oatmeal on a cold morning with dried cranberries and vanilla soy milk; blueberries, red raspberries and Ranier cherries [...]
“Somebody has to awaken us…”
Posted in Family, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Wholeness, Writing on July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today, I take a surprise trip to Queens…and I am surprised. While walking “The Divine Miss Madeleine” in her stroller, I come across… Yes, it’s a pig on a leash! Amazing. “Miss M” is just about to nod off for a nap… so I don’t take the time to get a proper introduction to the [...]
“Married to amazement…”
Posted in Dad, Mary Oliver, Nature, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Spirituality, Wholeness, Writing, Yoga on July 23, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Today it pours all day. Rain pounding down. It’s gray, wet and cold. I put on socks and a sweater. Outside it looks like how I feel on the inside. There are moments when I am beyond sad. Sad, thinking about my Dad suffering; sad, thinking about my Dad dying; sad, thinking about my Dad [...]
“Fitted hand to glove…”
Posted in Inspiration, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Spirituality, Wholeness, Writing on July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
SWEET FREEDOM Ah sweet freedom to know that this is enough. Striving, changing, twisting in the winds of transformation: done. To now step forward into new space, into a world that is fresh and full. To know that each action is formed of hands present to the task, that each word is shaped in a [...]
