Then & now and yes

Yes It could happen any time, tornado, earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen. Or sunshine, love, salvation. It could you know. That’s why we wake and look out–no guarantees in this life. But some bonuses, like morning, like right now, like noon, like evening. ~ William Stafford (Found this poem here today.) +++ Do you ever [...]

And when I blink

And when I blink inside the slender twigs of trees, the memory of leaf, the silent code of blossoms bursting; and there is also this: the way the robin flies to here, to these still stark woods, her plumage rust, her song the everything that lifts my heart and when I hear her call from [...]

Right now:

Through the thin wall: his palm hits the glass of his desktop. And again in frustration. “Why, why? These damn program trades.” On Pandora: “You are my sweetest downfall…” (“Samson” ~ Regina Spektor, from Begin To Hope) Under the stools at the kitchen counter: Sprout picking up crumbs off the floor, babbling to himself. On [...]

Monday glimpses

The house was surrounded by fog today and the ambiguous weather of almost spring. We went for a walk; picked pussy-willows with dew-damp fuzz and rubbed them against our cheeks. Soft. Softer. The sky and the hills blended, things became smudged: now, tomorrow, what we hope for, whatever else we are beyond this day. Things [...]

Around here today

I felt like sharing a few photos of everyday things today. Some tunes I’ve been liking. A new place I’ve been collecting the things that catch my eye. Also really enjoying some of the new self portraits up in the Self Portrait Sunday Flickr pool~grab your camera and join in (you know you want to.) [...]