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…

I haven’t been out of this valley in 16 days. There’s a loop that I walk, it whips away from the ocean. Two green thighs with one way in, one way out. You could die here. Do you want to die here? In this theatre…

Beach Umbrella   I have stood here, like always, deposited in the sand like a moon flag watching Earthlings camp, one by one, on my shores. But now, many of these aliens don small tents on their faces covering their noses and mouths, tents larger…