My version of a little love poem for today, to life and all the brief, amazing moments of it that come our way.
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New Poem, “Well Spent”
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Embracing a Helping Hand
Suddenly, almost out of nowhere, I had a new friend. I was humbled once again, by the way the universe works sometimes...
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New poem, “Travel Light”
Considering the notion that, the further we go through life, hopefully we learn to move on from what lies behind us, both good things as well as bad, having learned from it all.
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New poem, “Midwinter Night”
I love how clear the stars often are this time of year, something about the cold makes them seem brighter. Sometimes you can see other wonders, too, if you only look up and wait long …
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New poem, “The Outside Line”
Imagining how sometimes the people and experiences we encounter in life can arrive seemingly out of nowhere, throwing us off-balance, whether or not they turn out to be positive ones. Learning to steer by what’s …
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New poem, “Trespass”
Dreaming a bit about taking a trip to Scotland one day, which I recently learned has no such laws. Quite a contrast to this country, where ownership and possession are so highly prized.
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Greeting the New Year
After all, it really is a day just like any other, except in what we make of it.
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New poem, “True North”
As the evening closes in, I’m contemplating the past – times both joyful and difficult- and thinking ahead to the coming new year, and new decade, really, and hoping it’s a great one for us …
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New short poem, “Open Canvases”
Thinking today about the landscape of Missouri where I grew up. I used to love the ever-changing palette of sky, so vast and easily visible in flat, open places like ones in the Midwest, where …
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Of Childish Things
There is so much joy to be found in being silly sometimes, I know, in doing things just because you want to, with no other excuse needed.
