July 17, 2023 O my Luve is like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melody That’s sweetly played in tune. ~Robert Burns, A Red, Red Rose   Given the almost constant low level of irritation I experience, usually prompted by physical discomfort, any effort to feel […]

July 14, 2023 …Are we crowning into the sludge of an injury and its repair?… There is no subject on which so much has been written and so little known. ~Carrie Olivia Adams, The Pain Reliever   Yet another energetic healing possibility has crept over the horizon and given me a little finger wave. Yoo-hoo! […]

July 10, 2023 I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea, And the silence of the city when it pauses… And I ask:… Of what use is language? ~Edgar Lee Masters, Silence   Oh, how I crave silence. Mostly I wish my mind would be quiet. Perhaps because that is such […]

July 7, 2023 Tyger Tyger, burning bright… In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand, dare seize the fire? ~William Blake, The Tyger   It feels like I’ve inadvertently hooked into an underlying wrath permeating the world. The depth and intensity of […]

July 1, 2023 Darkness is not a death, does not obliterate, will not bury you or take your breath away… No, darkness is but a ghost of an idea, the least remembered, most estranged prayer, and your fear but a lingering, limbic fear torn from shreds of forgotten years. Only that much is clear. ~Alice […]

June 19, 2023 …I imagine the long climb out of the dark… up there to the dream she keeps lifting, where it’s noon all day. ~Frank Steele, Sunflower   Watching my mind is like watching the antics of a hyperactive two-year-old. Since I’m an adult with serious responsibilities, I like to pretend that my mind’s […]

June 16, 2023 Shall earth no more inspire thee, Thou lonely dreamer now?… I know my magic power To drive thy griefs away. ~Emily Brontë, Shall earth no more inspire thee   I remember when microwave ovens came on the scene in the 1970s. Even as a teenager, I was deeply suspicious, because how could […]

June 10, 2023 Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands And take it when it runs by… Joy always, Joy everywhere— Let joy kill you! Keep away from the little deaths. ~Carl Sandburg, Joy   There’s such a cornucopia of cures! Flower essences, homeopathic remedies, supplements. Acupuncture, Rolfing, body work and energy work. […]

June 6, 2023 In the real world as in dreams, nothing is quite what it seems. ~~ Dean Koontz I spent quite a long time after awakening, believing—knowing—the dream was real. I accepted it unquestioningly, for it was as solid as the bed upon which I lay. In fact, it did not occur to me […]

June 3, 2023 You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day!
 Your mountain is waiting,
 So…get on your way! ~Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!   The topics that have snagged my attention over the last several years—the plandemic, the masks, the mandatory vaccinations—have subsided in my awareness. I saw just two masks […]

May 27, 2023 My Soul. Such fullness in that quarter overflows… For intellect no longer knows Is from the Ought, or Knower from the Known— That is to say, ascends to Heaven;… ~William Butler Yeats, A Dialogue of Self and Soul   I don’t know how it’s crept up on me, but my predominant mood […]

May 26, 2023 The spirits have dispersed, the woods faded to grey from midnight blue… —what is this enchanted place? ~Derek Mahon, The Dream Play   Is it possible to fall out of love with a magical place? This perpetual fog along the coast paints everything in a flat, dull light. Santa Barbara looks unspeakably […]

May 20, 2023 Amazing grace! How sweet the sound… I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see… Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come; ‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far And grace will lead me home. ~John Newton, Amazing Grace   I haven’t been […]