I’ve joined the haiku group on Twitter and it has revived a former passion for the form. Haiku is a Japanese poetry form that traditionally is written in three lines of 5 / 7 / 5 syllables, though not all people adhere to that rule. Twitter, with it’s 140 character limit is the ideal delivery medium
Continue reading...15. June 2009
Words to inspire: May our heart’s garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Continue reading...11. June 2009
Today I noticed an unusual amount of activity in the sky just beyond my window, a near endless stream of noisy birds flying to and from my neighbor’s holly tree. As I could only glimpse them as they whizzed by, I didn’t identify them then. But later this morning, as I was enjoying the morning sun on my back while I deadheaded my garden, I looked up at the 50-foot tree and was astounded to see it overflowing with a chatty flock of cedar waxwings. While they are year-round residents, I’ve never seen any during my years in this house, and I’ve never seen so many at once anywhere.
Continue reading...10. June 2009
On our morning walk today my dog and I paused beneath a favorite green neighbor. The gentle sound of a breeze weaving through a fully leafed-out maple tree reminds me of shady shelter sought on warm summer days. The rhythm of the leaves swaying and rustling soothes me, calls me under its bright green spell. Fragments of cerulean sky peek through the layered patterns of translucent pointy maple hands. I linger beneath the fluttering parasol and close my eyes, allowing summer to whisper: soon, soon, soon.
Continue reading...7. June 2009
Lilacs were late to bloom this year—but then so were many plants. That brings their blooms out of April into May and even into June, where they can mix with lupine and peonies and other fragrant delights. This year I’ve been able to gather bouquets that weren’t possible in other years. The intense sweetness of lilac and wild rose is almost too much, a heady mix that send me into my own olfactory orbit.
Continue reading...6. June 2009
It’s a foggy, gray day, but because tomorrow is the full moon, there’s a minus tide (extra low) which makes for an especially fabulous beach walk. So my trusty dog and I set out this morning to see what we could see that we don’t normally see. It didn’t take long to find something special. I was specifically looking for something to inspire a full moon post, so it was perfect that I encountered a living moon snail. Until now, I have only found the bleached empty shells, never a live one. Though that isn’t exactly true, because last year I brought home a lovely white specimen and left it on my bathroom counter. The next day I was very started to see a hermit crab edging out of it. (I promptly whisked the crab outside and back to the beach!) The living snails are much more colorful and exciting to meet.
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18. June 2009
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