Taking Flight

Colourful

Resourceful

Enthusiasm

Adventurous

Tasty

Invigorating, 

Vivid

Intuitive

Thoughtful

Young at heart

“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs 

and developing our wings on the way down.”

~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr., 

If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young

Tide Pull

Mounds of words tumble and spread through my mind this morning like speckled, colourful pebbles polished by waves washing up or falling back at the shores of any beach at high tide or low tide

rustling with conversations 

but never showing themselves

until the water recedes

leaving them quiet and still

waiting for the next wave 

to instil them with the energy to speak.

“A gem cannot be polished without friction, 

nor a man perfected without trials.”

~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Magnetized Memories

Fridge Magnets

Decorations to greet me

in art,

in song

in family

in travel

acceptance 

of so many blessings

past and present

Gifts to my eyes

a smile to my face

warm fuzzies to my heart

as I write at my table.

“Just luxuriate in a certain memory, and the details will come. 

It’s like a magnet attracting steel filings.”

~  Frank McCourt, author

Surrounding Me

Distractions surround me

when I write

But when I look up 

they are silently waiting

That picture is crooked

Could I write about that?

The cupboard needs tidying

What would a kitchen story be like?

Going outside looks like fun

So many people on the street with stories.

My shoes need polishing….

just like my writing!

I want to bake bread

No time for that right now

Acceptance comes with a sigh…..

I’ve dribbled away all my writing time!

“Eighteen pockets in one suit? I haven’t the time.”

~ AA.Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

Not Even a Whisper

I had a dream

The words flowed

Lines were ordered

Three verses

I was pleased

In my dream 

I felt on the cliff edge of awakening

I said to myself with surprise

I’ve written my blog post

I was pleased

Time passed

Only a few minutes

With lamps alight, I sipped my tea

Words had dissolved into my dreamworld!

I was puzzled.

For only a moment

I reached for even one word

To pull the poem back into the light

No word cried out - even in the tiniest of whispers

Acceptance was all that could be.

In this moment

Words struggled forth

Lines ordered enough

Five verses

I am pleased.

“Start writing, no matter what. The water 

does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”

~ Louis L’Amour

In the Morning

In the morning

Before the day truly begins

Sun still coming up 

From down below our spinning world

There is silence in still sleeping homes

In the morning

When hot green tea reaches my tastebuds

My insides waken just a bit more

Hinting of the time to be ready 

To walk, to exercise, to eat, to rest

In the morning,

Plans for the day swirl in my head

Lining up with the tick of the clock

Settling and setting the pace for the day

Accepting the challenge to move forward into living.

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”

~ J.K.Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

My Birthday Gift

Breakfast

At the Marina sun shining on distant sailboats

A delicious beginning to this special day

Stuffed and content to be with my family

Weather

turned cold, blustery and very wet.

My grand-dogs were more than happy to run in the park.

The rest of us? Unwilling to accept the cold.

Birthday stroll

Warm, dry and happy.

The Royal BC Museum 

let us share all the warmth.

(and a gift of beautiful polished rocks)

Thank you Jeff, Jason and Corette!

“May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.”

~ J.R.R.Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring