Tag Archives: haibun monday

Cold Florida Moon

Posted on January 8, 2018 by whimsygizmo

New Year’s Day, 2018 Venice Beach . It’s not the state we’re used to, this time around – of the union, or of being. The breeze is less than balmy, the palms nearly as frozen as our own. We’ve come … Continue reading →

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Crying Over Boys

Posted on May 2, 2017 by whimsygizmo

I’m down to just one thing, and I’m starting to scare myself… – Something I Can Never Have, Nine Inch Nails   … We’re on our way to Mexico. No, I’m not kidding. And yes, we’re a cliché. And there’s … Continue reading →

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Fear Knots

Posted on April 18, 2017 by whimsygizmo

I will show you fear in a handful of dust. – T.S. Eliot Fear not, for behold… – Luke 2:10 .. Not enough. Not enough. Not enough. Her heart thumps the words again and again to the tune of the … Continue reading →

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Grace

Posted on March 20, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. We say it quietly – a low, large hum. We breathe it in, looking around this overcrowded table. Prime rib and turkey and mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes and green beans and orange fluff. We laugh ourselves loose and … Continue reading →

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The Intricate Fallings of Everyday Love

Posted on October 3, 2016 by whimsygizmo

There’s a smattering of blue-stain on the sky again, and You’re You again and I’m new again. We look up and the clouds have changed again and even breathing feels different. Fall is falling and my heart is calling out … Continue reading →

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Mujo (WabiSabi Spill)

Posted on September 19, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. Summer Fall Winter Spring. We watch them pass in the slightly seasonless tones of desert life, watch these kids grow from tiny tyrants into baby mooses, all legs and attitude. We try to give them roots and wings. We … Continue reading →

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1993

Posted on September 6, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… We’re lying on our backs again, staring up at shards of sky. We know the names…Andromeda…Cassiopeia…the Ursas…but we have no idea what or who is where. I think I have found Draco, but then, I am always seeing dragons, … Continue reading →

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Us, to the 10th power

Posted on August 8, 2016 by whimsygizmo

A decade of days falls soft behind us, a mere blink of an eye and the building of a quiet life. The coast calls, and we fling babies to Grammy’s house and responsibilities to the wind, and follow that west-blown … Continue reading →

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Kisame

Posted on June 20, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… We’re driving into a Monet painting. Crimson, gold, apricot, amber swirled all around us in one dizzying blur. We are Leaf Peepers, a name that still cracks us up on day 3, transported into this east coast masterpiece from … Continue reading →

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Laundry

Posted on June 6, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… There’s a lost sock again, and I am beginning to think there are elves in my dryer, off somewhere now having a Sock Hop. Once upon a time I folded tiny socks, onesies, bibs. Today I dump baby moose-sized … Continue reading →

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