Do you know how it is when you walk in a room full of people but there is only one person there – and you move into the next room spilling over with people but there is still only that person there and then you walk into the next room which is filled with people but you are aware of only one person whose essence is palpably felt – and you have a sense of…
As J was driving off on her motorcycle she said “allow” was the word she proceeded with – just simply “allow” – and that’s what I told her — that I am moving through some force right now wherein I’m obviously or not so obviously trying to find the right way to maneuver but I’m sliding around on slippery edges and I’m brushing up against sharp angles and I’m falling down one minute and as…
In the grand scheme of things, we all hope to be smooth operators – sort of negotiating our way through social circumstance with aplomb – but in reality we are constantly rethinking, kicking ourselves, or basically grimacing at the last transaction we just had. What goes on? I mean really – I went to a gumbo fundraiser last night and room after room held some person that held in their gaze/conversation/thoughts something to power through…
Yoga instructor plays Fiona Apple singing the Beatles’ Across the Universe – says the message is no matter what comes in or out of your life, nothing changes your world – good to remember: ACROSS THE UNIVERSE Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup, They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my open mind, Possessing…
These are excerpts from a poem collection that Bill Lavender put together – I just have notes, not the title, full poem or much less the names of the poets (Lorenzo Thomas, Ralph Adamo, someone Meyer – I didn’t keep the poets name with the note) – but these lines resonate – they are all from different poems:A world wherethe flawis asprized as the crystal’sperfectionand I am dancing there.****The ground is still wetin those woods.****Nothing of…
Rain this morning. So we had to wait to walk and Loca paced and made noises under her breath and looked out the window – waiting. Arlene peed the floor. Thursday begins – some sort of restlessness last night that caused me to toss and turn and start thinking again of what I should be letting go of – but the thoughts persist – not heeding any of my purposeful admonishments to go – just…
From Seamus Heaney – one of my favs: VALEDICTION Lady with the frilled blouse And simple tartan skirt, Since you left the house Its emptiness has hurt All thought. In your presence Time rode easy, anchored On a smile; but absence Rocked love’s balance, unmoored The days. They buck and bound Across the calendar, Pitched from the quiet sound Of your flower-tender Voice. Need breaks on my strand; You’ve gone, I am at sea. Until…
I slogged out of bed this morning – just resistant to getting up and going – then I took the dogs out, then brought Arlene back – then took Loca out for a longer walk. This part of the walk began with me muttering underneath my breath – releasing anger about something that I need to just let go of – but I had a few more words to mutter before I could do that…
I like what it says – my affirmation for today – but not sure what it means:I know that God is infinite expression, and I can embrace the feminine face of God and find wholeness. Maybe it has something to do with Clinton winning New Hampshire.