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  • Lucky

        (To paraphrase e.e. cummings…)   not all matterings of mind equal one iris           The line as I remember it is: not all matterings of mind equal one violet And aren't we lucky to see such things?  

  • The Birds Are Singing

        This is the day that the rain started and it seemed that it would never stop.   But it did and all is well now. The ponds are higher than they've been in a long long time, and the birds are singing, happy as ever.         St. Augustine Beach, the…

  • What Big Ears…

        The better to hear you with, my dear.         White Tail Deer, listening for possible trouble up the hill, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

  • I Must Be Living Right…

        How lucky to go home to Baltimore and stumble upon the Flower Mart in Mt. Vernon Place, and to spend the afternoon with one of my very favorite people on the planet.   I must be living right.         The Church in Mt. Vernon Place and the people of Baltimore…

  • VULNERABLE

        Vulnerable we are, like an infant. We need each other's care or we will suffer.             Poem by St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380). From the Penguin publication, Love Poems From God, Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West. Copyright © 2002 Daniel Ladinsky and used with his permission…

  • Dolphin Rising

        Coming up for air.           (Another re-visited post from January, 2012) Bottle nose dolphin, Cape Charles, Virginia.  

  • Don’t Give UP.

      Squirrels appear to have magnets or Velcro on the bottoms of their feet.   They really do fly from tree to tree, defying gravity.   And they never ever give up.       (This post is from November 18th, 2011.)  

  • Everything Changes

          Change is in the air…   A big storm – thunder and wind and rain – the air clears, the fires are out and the smoke disappears.   Everything changes.         (This post revisited from May 28th, 2012)    

  • Clinging Vines

      Delicate clinging vines – this is a time when clinging is good. Good for the vine and the wall benefits too, aesthetically. Is clinging ever good for us? We humans?   Holding on to that good or bad feeling – joy or anger? Being in the moment is preferred, but if you have to…

  • Up or Down?

      Looking up or down? You… …today, looking up or down?   (That's the short version of today's post. Here is the long one.)   If you're feeling good today, happy and cheerful, be sure to share that somehow, because you never know how much a heartfelt smile might mean to someone, how just a…