Contemplation

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See that lone figure

in the distance

along the uneven breakwall?

Miss your step

and down slips 

your foot

your ankle

your leg

crrrrrrack.

But see that lone figure?

She is sure-footed

wise

and 

careful.

She will not

fall.

That's

my

editor:

Joanna Cotler.

The

best.

xx

Simplify . . .

Simplify, simplify, simplify:

this is what I seem to be aiming for lately

in writing

in art

in life.

To pare down to harmonious elements

in size

color

sound

emotion

texture.

If I could write a novel

as perfect as this small

flower arrangement

well, then,

that would be

something

!!

xx

International Dot Day

Have you heard of

International Dot Day?

September 15 

Check it out here:

Dot Day

Make your mark?

It's fun.

Here's my dot for 2014:

lar-de-dar

xx

Away and home and garden bounty . . .

My husband and I have been away for a few days

returning to a place where we'd worked and lived for eight years

and although it was pure joy to be there

and be among so many old friends

I came away feeling dizzy

from such immersion

in a former life.

. . .

As soon as I got home

I went to the garden

to pick the newly-ripened produce

so crisp and green and red and new.

. . .

I needed to do that

I don't know why

but

 it steadied me.

. . .

Hmm.

xx