Allow your demons to help you. they can, if you let them in. they are banging at the door, and that noise, that fear ends when you open the door. fear not, breathe. realize, you are here.

potential pain point compassionate assessment (ad)dressing the wound

Unique, colorful umbrellas seated side by side Dancing to their own choreography Getting along easily A community of colors Radiating hope Spreading joy and beauty when open Yet still bright and positive when closed …Why can’t we be more like them?

bibliomancy redeeming the discarded illumination

My poinsettia has made it through two Christmases now heading for a third. A former editor used to fundraise for Rotary, and I was sure to support them. Back then they died before January was in full swing. Was it Maine winters? The cold? The…

compare and contrast different yet similar finding the sweet spot

bunny under foot daylight yields once more to dream cow over the moon

morning mountain fog brush strokes widen my appetite overnight drench sidestepping slugs around the lake trail unrequited love he throws another marshmallow into the ashes skinny dipping under the galaxy the flash of paparazzi autumn nap the murmur of tree limbs in silence

HEAL _________________________________ Healing and growth Walk hand in hand   Through life’s twists and triumphs During life’s conflicts and challenge   Fingers laced One leads some days Toward curiosity’s will-o’-wisp glow   Other days one pauses Calls them to their senses Mapping the worlds contours…

2020 Hour #5:  A Road in Argentina   On an overnight drive From Mar Del Plata to Buenos Aires I sat awake, entranced by the night sky; The ceiling was erupting in massive bursts of light, Even in my wildest dreams, there weren’t this many…