We all wish we could nail down an outcome the way that we most prefer it would turn out. I don’t like surprises. I’m a planner by nature but life doesn’t care how uncomfortable a lack of predictability makes me. I wondered in yesterdays post, if perhaps this was what 2022 was teaching us. Don’t […]
How will it find me? And when? Will it find me in nature? I hope so. Striking me gently, so I fall into the grass, lying prone in the shade of some enormous hill that I have just climbed. I hope they never find me. I will just melt, becoming part of a mountain somewhere. […]
Hot air, blown into balloons Holding threads, I grip them tightly The winds of change cause them to jostle Rubber has the oddest sound A screech and groan I lift off my toes And I am flying The wind at least has a purpose But it blows in all directions The person who clings to […]
She isn’t finished to the edges like most artworks are Wrapped around the canvas, polished and clean Not this painting, her artist was mean, and only applied just enough paint to keep the subject alternate Constantly rushing towards the sides filling in empty places as if to hide her unfinished edgeless sides from all those […]
I can move things with my mind, there is a trick involved that I didn’t comprehend when watching the movies (Star Wars) at a young age. It’s subtle, easy to miss because we humans are so literal. It came to me this morning. I was thinking about how far my dog (and I) have come […]
When Winifred Gallagher was diagnosed with a particularly aggressive cancer, she decided not to let the diagnosis, or the disease take over her life. Instead, Winifred began what would become a powerful practice. Focusing her attention on the good things she experienced throughout the day and tolerating – but not paying the cancer (and its […]
