I continue to consistently write my newsletter each week at SubStack. It is changing the way I see writing and sharing on these sorts of platforms. Whereas years ago I used to post something and then check the stats and views, I now post and enjoy the satisfaction that comes with both self expression and […]
The smell of pencil shavings Soft wooden curls lined with graphite The sharpener whirrs I blow on the blade Dust floats to the bin Tools made sharper I sit again The example is before me The rest makes sense I draw the lines Stitching neurons in my head The satisfaction of making sense Is a […]
Silence is not intended to be the destination it is supposed to be where you rest reflect and then move onOtherwise the stone you embodyBecomes your home Response from “Love” during our conversation this morning … Elizabeth Gilbert Letters to love Have you heard of them? I began my own today. Letters to love. My […]
Stone in my pocket Teach me to carry Tumbled fingertips Worn smooth On rough edges Stone in my pocket Teach me to be still To gather sunshine Disperse darkness Stone in my pocket The silence is calm Slide through the water Straight to the bottom Landing quiet A little dust kicked up And then eternity […]
Learn from the leaf And not the tree Fall if you must But softly Be gentle with yourself Life isn’t easy The breeze tries to carry The wind shatters Tree crashes But the leaf Being light Knows descending gently matters The last week was like surmounting a personal Everest. Hard exhausting climb, exultant high of […]
my head has been full of words but no poetry no rhythm or rhyme of lilt It is like the birds stopped singing And the way the flowers from my birthday die brightly Yet they are still dead writing can be useful it can be sparse business like efficient It can explain Enable emailingggggg and […]
Listening to the fire place metal click Tick tick Only coals left now It’s all burnt down Becoming gentle grey ash That will be cold by morning Sitting with my back to the couch On the cool timber floor Warm air rising all around There is so much comfort to be found Present in the […]
