A snow calmed Christmas morn

I’m awake early
On this dark Christmas morning
The night calmed by snow


I hope each of you has a blessed and refreshing Christmas.

A #Haiku from the Space Needle

Rivers of gold light
Flowing across this city
Blessings of darkness

The Solstice Approaches

Days passing past me 

Daylight wanes for a few weeks 

Then the axis tilts

Horrible News

Early in the day
Witnessing such suffering
A surreal day


 

The Amtrak derailment about 60 miles south of me dominated the news, and my awareness yesterday. 

A Moral Compass

Easy to get lost
Gazing into the future
If the compass lost

A Haiku About Cold Meds 

Cold meds bring me gifts

Drowsiness which slows me down

So hard to wake up 

A Meditation On Rumi

I adore Rumi. The wisdom within his poetry has long guided me. 

Within this small line: the importance of faith. Not necessarily directed toward any particular diety. Simply regarding our community. 

Our futures are unknowable until they become our past. Even then meaning slowly gets gleaned. 

I live with a dangerous mindset: desiring to understand all the ramifications of a choice before I act. This impossibility risks paralyzing me. Often, it has. Losing opportunity out of fear? That’s sad. 

I need to embrace that the way will appear when it needs to, and not a moment before. And that this way is good, it is for the best. 

Believe the unknown and uncontrollable are not reasons to hide, to wait, relegating opportunity to vapor. 

Inheritance: A Meditation

What is my Inheritance?
The stuff of privilege
Trust funds and disconnect
And a misunderstanding of struggle

A Great Gary Snyder Quote

As a long time fan of Snyder’s work, this delights me.

Loving Vincent: A Haiku & A Trailer

The life of Van Gogh
Quite broad in its depths and heights
This tortured genius


This film looks absolutely stunning. Now placed upon my “to watch” list, I look forward to shifting it to “watched”.