These Hands

These Hands

The healing of the land and the purification of the human spirit is the same process. – The One-Straw Revolution @farmersfootprint

On Self-Worth

On Self-Worth

We were properly brought up to a lot of not to’s…not to run, splash or give unsolicited opinion, worse yet not to be authentic. year after year…it’s breaking to the spirit instead of joyously tolling on yet another day, another … Continue reading

Raring To Go

Around the corner, no more alarming forecastsWithin kernels, boldnessBouncing on balmy foreheads, wispy curls.Peeking out, golden raysUnbreakable, our spiritReady for anything, children in the zoneBrimming over, morning vibesRacing to the next task of the day, children on a missionWind on … Continue reading

By The Water

By The Water

All things gather where life is a songThe river running byThe sunset and the dawn From the beyond and the deferred arrivalsthe spirit swellingLost in me, and in you time to be,time to see. Under gracehow lack that Iwhat testify … Continue reading

Beauty In The Heart

Beauty In The Heart

It’s to my relief I found this stone. Smooth sophisticated and to my surprise subtle sage veins that match the details of my most adorned article when I hit the chopping block. A glistening backdrop to watermelon radishes are a … Continue reading

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

Band of Gold

While many items have made the rounds even before I welcome them into our nest, I select them because they rouse my curiosity and perhaps chance that the curios grow fortuitously onto my three not-so-little bears no more. Our renowned … Continue reading

Promises of Beauty Forthcoming

Promises of Beauty Forthcoming

Since mid-June, an undulation of spirited cowgirls, always aglow, on and on they shine like poppies left quietly to grow in a field lit of morning sun. Their spark never to eclipse, for they all fend for one another and … Continue reading

The Return of Miracles and Magic

In front of our eyes, a vanishing primordial spirit of the landoutside our perspective zone, an enveloping consciousness evolvingwithin our hearts, a more beautiful world calcifiedin our perception still, a banality of God’s patternit’s there, isn’t it? and we are … Continue reading

Stir It Up

Stir It Up

Meet Jude, the established misfit on the ranch. I think he’s misunderstood and more of a marvelous maverick. Some thoughts for what it’s worth in honor of all underestimated spirits like Jude. Don’t think for a second you don’t belong,to … Continue reading