poetry wednesday.
The Dead The dead are always looking down on us, they say, while we are putting on our shoes or making a sandwich, they are looking down through the glass bottom boats of heaven as they row themselves slowly through eternity. They watch the tops of our heads moving below …
Some announcing to do.
A few announcements from my dining room table to yours: I'm so excited to announce the opening of registration for the next Life is a Verb retreat (Nov 5-8, 2009) near Asheville, NC. We've expanded it by a full day! Limited to 12 people. Go here for more information! Also, …
poetry wednesday.
We need more poetry in our lives, I'm thinking. How about a poem every Wednesday, not just during National Poetry Month? Just a little something to propel us into Thursday. Thanks to Siona for pointing me to this one. "I thought that the divestiture of self could be likened to …
Paper quilt love.
All I wanted for my birthday was a paper quilt. And, wow! The quilt squares wouldn't all fit on this table and are still coming in to my absolute delight. Each one a spectacular offer into the world. More squares are arriving, so I am holding off on creating a …
Fifty. Seventeen.
I woke up fifty this morning. And Emma woke up seventeen. We walked to the beach together to watch the sunrise. Each day, a gift.
Laurel and Hardy, meet Santana
Turn up the volume. I'll bet you a spelt hemp cage-free fig scone and a cup of organic free trade shade-grown coffee that you can't help but dance in your chair as you watch this. I love, love, love this. How much do I love this? Let me count the …
I smell birthday cake and ocean breezes.
I am already 50 in New Zealand. And yet this piano birthday cake seems like only yesterday!
Sand story.
Find eight minutes and thirty-three seconds in your day today to watch this evocative, breathtaking story of a nation in sand. From Youtube: “Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian artist who just won Ukraine’s version of ‘America’s Got Talent.’ She uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and ‘sand painting’ …
