When the Wind Stops... We Sing!

I didn’t think I had an argument with God
Though I knew I didn’t completely agree,
With the weeds in my garden,
Or whatever’s eating my plants…
I’m beginning to wonder if He objects to
My planting beans this year.

And what is it with this wind?

(The tougher of our plants simply continued to bloom after a full day of furious, hot dry winds yesterday!) 

just write...

Summer Solstice

star dust... and sunshine... celebrating just being...

Expansion and Contraction

I've seen the earth stretch out
in the evening as the sun sets,
when I haven't traveled
as far as I thought I would that day,
and more, much more I did not see,
and I wished to be there
instead of here, where I am.

But then, I've seen the earth contract
late at night as it cools,
and everything is lit by a campfire,
or is contained within four walls,
with the windows closed,
and it's all on the television screen,
or on the pages of a book,
and there's nowhere else I want to be,
but right here, where I am.

On Day 95 of Isolation

I fold my arms
as if to embrace myself,
bow my head
and close my eyes,
collapsing my world
around me like a comforter.
All the universe is now
just what is within sight,
within hearing,
and within reach.
Even with the wind blowing,
here I find peace.

Staying Balanced

My Latest Creation: A Perfectly Imperfect Canjo

This was an intentionally imperfect build... I tarnished the cookie tin, chose a knotty pine 1x2 for the neck (it has to be played with a slide), which I distressed, rusted the bridge and nut, dented the tin, and inserted a couple of little pieces of rock to rattle inside...  and inside I wrote: "the nature of the beast..."

It's a bit on the quiet side, but plays nicely... not perfectly... but nicely.

After 84 Days of Self-Isolation

We are taking it one day at a time...


see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhWFddWz1Nk

A Prescription for Acute Individualism and Existential Angst

Look at...
the grass in a meadow,
a forest of trees,
the ocean waves,
a flock of starlings,
a school of sardines,
a mountain range,
or rolling hills.
Look at...
fair weather cumulus clouds,
water in a river,
the drops of rain on a rainy day,
Or the snowflakes in a blizzard.
Look at...
the stars in the night sky,
or the bees in an orchard,
or visiting wildflowers
among the grass in a meadow.