Monday, September 29, 2014

Contemplation


(Click to enlarge)

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

Saturday, September 20, 2014

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

Saturday, September 13, 2014

International Dot Day

Have you heard of
International Dot Day?

September 15 

Check it out here:


Make your mark?
It's fun.

Here's my dot for 2014:




lar-de-dar
xx

Sunday, September 7, 2014

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