Daily Archives: April 20, 2012

  If only time would hold shallow breath this lonely rhyme could swallow its depth and width; and wanton phrase be so thrown, stand winter’s chill, for spring’s face be known. If for once you and I could stay here … Continue reading →

You is kind. You is smart. You is important. – Quote from the movie, The Help We are all so much to so many s t r e t c h e d so thin we break ache, fumble and … Continue reading →

The being is easy, I suppose as there is really (much to my sometimes chagrin) no other choice in the matter. The finding is hard and I’m still looking (come out, come out, wherever you are) with both eyes, whole … Continue reading →

(her life is a 3-ring circus)           B  a  l  a  n  c  e                       is bunk. She cannot have it all all the time. And she knows it. So she sprints and stumbles bends and bumbles … Continue reading →

52 steps. That’s how far it is down to the garage where I CrossFit (and yes, it’s a verb). 10…11…12… I am counting them now, anticipatory sweat already dripping down my back muscles moaning in protest 27…28…29… past Barbara’s house, … Continue reading →

It’s easy, see?             You       go back             to being                      you.           And I’ll      go back              to being                                     free.

Let’s tumble into this salty sea and see if we can be the sandy bottom. Let’s hold court with jasmine, daisy, wisteria and sugar pine. Let’s breathe in blue, just me and you, until the world blurs, bends. Let’s make … Continue reading →