O Pioneers!

All Beginnings...

"All beginnings are small."

Our microgreens are coming.

Just Thinking of Little Things Today...

like
here and now
inside and outside
childhood memories
and love lasting
like
the sky above me
rivers of air
and the earth beneath me
and like
people, just normal people...
and again, love...

As A Child

As a child
of the earth,
I breathe
plants' breaths,
I drink water
rising from oceans,
and I eat
sunshine and dirt.

I am so blessed.

I Remember

I remember what is important...

Open

I open our door
and find the earth,
nature, and the cosmos.
Explore! Explore
infinite possibilities!
Where shall I go first?







(Where ever I go
it will be 6 - 10 feet away 
from everyone else...) 

Isolation - Day 8

Self-isolation is hard for two reasons.  The first is that we keep finding reasons to open our door to others to get our groceries, our mail, (our taxes!), and our worship.  I don't know how safe our home is if we keep making exceptions.  We opening ourselves to the flow of pathogens from beyond our walls.

The second season is that locally we are are not validated by our community.  Our isolation and social distancing is still looked at as "panicking" or "over reacting."  I have to fend off the doubts these encroaching labels cast my way.

Jean and I are doing this to protect ourselves and everyone we may come in contact with.  We feel it is our duty to each other, our family, our neighbors, and everyone else as well.  We want to stop this virus.  We are fighting the Coronavirus, Covid-19... and isolation is our weapon.

I hope everyone else stays safe as well.

When things get complicated

when things get complicated,
jumbled and confused...

keep growing!

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

this hardy pioneer,
yellow and brave,
humble in the break
between concrete
and stone...

I thank you,
my distant cousin,
for showing me
the changing seasons
again...

From the Other Side of the Fallen Leaves

It doesn't matter
what has fallen,
I will begin anew
my life
with each moment.

Only So Much

I can only reach so high.
I can only run so far.
I can lift only so much.
I can only do so much.
I can only live so long.
I can only use the words I know.

No higher, no farther, no more, no longer...

I can only love so much,
But it is with all my heart,
I love you.

Remembering

remembering
what I cannot
even imagine
deep time
an alien earth
our ancient mother
remembering
that we pass it on
to our children's
children's
sons and daughters.