8 Steps to Simplify in Spring, 2019 "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials. " --Lin Yutang Spring is here! Tender Continue Reading
Tangled
Surrender clouds my path Encrusted in tight, writhing vines. They tamp me down—trip me with their tangled hands, rip me with those wretched nails. Continue Reading
Winter’s Thaw
"Springtime" sounds vie for my ears' attention: two chainsaws in a growling chorus; warm-weather voices--human and canine; my dog's nails as they hit the slushy/icy/muddy/solid surface under his feet...squish, click, slurp, click. We walk faster. So Continue Reading
Blissfully Aware HAWMC #13 (April, 2012)
Living alongside me There is a place - Enveloped in dark vines, Tangled, twisted and thick It breathes When I breathe; It lives and occupies My space Those feet Follow close behind; Bleak, steel grey - Not mine The places I consider my Continue Reading