Hour 13 9/2/2023   “Dunes…”   I’ve wandered far – both life and world coasts and deserts both salt and clear, and life itself – God’s touch was near. And found the “dunes” of life that entrap the living with the sands that bind within…

Hour 12 9/2/2023   “Curbside…”   We used to have 8 inch high – curbs really! Great for sitting and sharing that KNOWING pause of wisdom – just behind our eyes…   Then they repaved and repaved, and repaved ’til the roads are higher than…

Hour 11 9/2/2023   “Walking…”   Used to run upwards of 8 miles a day overall left the Corps – promised never again kept it too!   This year has been rough – way more than I knew… hospital stays for doing what a doc…

Hour 10 9/2/2023   Yeah is THAT time!   “3’rd Wednesday Of The Month…”   Is it?  It IS!  cool, took long enough this month – 21 flipping days …sigh.   Gather lists …checked weekly flyers today electronically clipped any coupons of possible use (though…

Hour 9 9/2/2023   “Starlight…”   Twilight pauses my evening as I await dreams and wishes til the darkness inhabits the land.   Can you see the faire folk …gather? Pause, partner, and begin to swirl? Can you hear and FEEL the breath of melody…

Hour 8 9/2/2023   “Olde Towne…”   Whispers shared and visions of wonders… walls and spaces adorned, all aglimmer with sight’s worth view. Windows leak dreams made real and pause-you-in-your-tracks favors of times hauntingly past.   Themes of could’ves, would’ves, mights, and even wannabes –…

Hour 7 9/2/2023   “A Study Of Self…”   Academia has changed the meanings and syllable count for the forms of Senryu, Haiku, and Tanka.  They are still elegant and meaningful …just not quite what would be expected by “purists” of old (nor the new…

Hour 6 9/2/2023   “Solitary…”   Seems a commonality shared within our understanding and even the acceptance of the word “solitary” for what it is.  But is it “shared” or is it just that we each have our own unique ‘bars’ behind our eyes?  …

Hour 5 9/2/2023   “Learning How To Be Ashamed…”   Shame isn’t a naturally happening trait.  No one is born with it It takes learning and practice and living and …well, I guess it’s a gift that keeps on giving – ya know?   I remember…

Hour 4 9/2/2023   “What Makes Us?…”   “Momma!” “Look!” pretty, pretty… “pretty…” And the lil fingers grasp and pull, grasp and pull… legs RUN to other visions of pretty, pretty… lil fingers, stained with green, stained with smiles stained with pretty, pretties… lil hands…