Monday, July 5, 2021

Calendar Schedule


calendar schedule 

 

summer fills up too fast 

work 'round surgery 

 

his ankle needs the knife again 

metal support rods screwed in 

birthday plan breakdown 

Know There is Kindness


 
know there is kindness
can be shared every day
butterfly wings flap

******
butterfly wings flap
that can change the world
one person at a time


Listening While Hiding

 




listening 

while hiding in the garden 

one of the birds 

Heat Warnings



heat warnings 

hot temps and fireworks flying 

misty cold water spray 

 

Sunday, July 4, 2021

Thank you Betsy



 

final for Betsy's thank you card 



glad to leave the shop 

finding her forever home 

a gift of well-being 

meant to ease her friend's pain 

feeds love with ev'ry spoonful 


******


second favorite version



love in a gift box 

healing savories and sweets 

holding you whenever 

I hold onto the spoon 

Heart Takes The Photo

 

forgot to go home  

seeing with new eyes  

heart takes the photo  


 

******  


heart takes the photo  

friends' love all around  

click  

Saturday, July 3, 2021

Greeting The Morning Mindful

 



greeting the morning 

mindful of all I have  

listening … learning 

Garden Weeds

 



greetings garden
weeds, you resilient warriors
you win today


Greeting The Morning


greeting the morning 

 

before high heat of the day 

when nature cries for cooler temps 

 

with the resilient strength 

of Stan, gratitude of Carolyn 

and patience of caregivers 

Friday, July 2, 2021

Bouquet of Roses

 


bouquet of roses 

many-petaled layers 

each fragrance unique 


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These suburban housewives all lived on my block and were good friends of my mother. 

I have a deep sense of nostalgia when I look at this photo.  

We Feel The Pain

 



we feel the pain
as nature suffers from drought
drink our tears


Memory

 



oh, to have been there
your family in a new land
generations to come


We always thought my father's family, the Houser's were a very small family until 2011 when I discovered cousins who had traced 500 relatives in the US starting with C.S. Houser, born 1816.

When I walked through their graveyard I felt their presence.

Hands Are Full

  petrichor   heavy in the air   fills our hands