Non Fumare

Nothing to win.Nothing left to lose.It’s time for that vice of yours break.Body always bruised,how ever will the spirit soar? Back where I left offbefore the pursuit,a half-bloomed flower, merely on my waypurely becoming myself.And in that season before incubation,clamped, … Continue reading

It’s Gathering Season

It’s Gathering Season

Nothing says come hither like a ginormous lit up tree even if temperatures are floating above normal Fahrenheit degrees. For weeks this scene has been assembling even before kiddos decreed what ghoulish garments they would adorn themselves in. What the … Continue reading

Me And My Shadow

Me And My Shadow

Shadows mean sunshine or light evincing. Where is all the light emerging from? More energy, more life force…it’s certainly out there. It’s no wonder children are full of it—rays of hope in otherwise dark times ahead. It was great hanging … Continue reading

Never Let Me Down

I’m soaking up every rummy split second of this singular spectacular season we call summer. Green is what’s on display presently. Dense, luscious, abundant and fleeting already past the peak and onto our transient descent into the next scene where … Continue reading

Big Welcome for Spring Provisions

Big Welcome for Spring Provisions

My two favs in my provisions box this week, not necessarily sharing them on my plate together, but until I whip something up this scene is cheering up the space. Eye catching from across the room like a woman in … Continue reading

Make a Wish

Make a Wish

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I don’t know about you, but I haven’t … Continue reading

No Reservations

No Reservations

If you make one request today, make it a wise one. I have wished to be filled with grace. Little did I know it was always within me, just under some layers of reservation. A breath of pause gives rise … Continue reading

Free Falling

Free Falling

I couldn’t have painted such a portrait of speckled wonder better myself. Nature flows unconditionally in her true resonance as she enters another season where everything works out effortlessly on time, every time, all while expressing herself masterfully. Yet we, … Continue reading

March Madness

For most this conjures up young sweaty bodies in motion whose aim is to dunk more goals than the opponent in an allotted time frame. A whole new crew of young and hopeful athletes that we scoff at or mostly … Continue reading

Some days

Some days

your feet are not planted on the ground; some days they dangle in mid-air without the encumbered responsibility of transporting you from one place to another. Ahhh…the swing, an invention we take for granted, if only we had access to … Continue reading