Returning To Normal

New Year's 2018

Now we transition
We’re returning to normal
Within this new year


 

Ready to get back to work? To shake things up and make a difference? If not, what do you need to do to change that? 

Tonight’s #haiku explores the passing of time and seasons

Winter advances
Yet the solstice passed us by
Change is approaching

Alarm Clocks: A Haiku

Just ten minutes more

As the clock keeps beckoning

The demands of life

Memories of a fading Seattle

Many memories
Walking past the empty halls
In winter’s darkness

Ages ago I lived in Seattle’s heart. At that point, beginning a transformation, becoming the economic behemoth of our now. Then we were still the refuge of the poor, downtrodden. Suburban business professionals drifting through, vanishing as the clock struck five. The flurry of buses and cars carrying them away, far away from us. I found myself wandering nighttime streets, streetlights and gentle rain accompanying my steps. An urban beauty.

Zen’s Essence 

This is my challenge
Stare inwards free of judgement
Embrace compassion

Zen’s Essence 

This is my challenge
Stare inwards free of judgement
Embrace compassion

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.