old and rusted
i wonder about the day
when the child
left the bike here one last time
never to enter that tiny house again. .
—
“what do we leave behind when cross each frontier?
each moment seems split in two:
melancholy for what was left behind
and the excitement of entering a new land.”
-che guevara
both thoughtful and wonderful gifts
both ways to mark my days
both things i like
whimsical animals
whimsical heroes
which to choose
easy decision
both.
it’s always good to get a second opinion about what day it is.
think victor hugo would be proud of my skills.
—
“concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.”
-victor hugo
this tree
so stately so old
appears to have a face
when up close
quietly watching
over those resting below
—
“the tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber.
the tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.”
~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Wisdom of the Sands, translated from French by Stuart Gilbert
“there had to be a market in order for you to be successful in a business.
the market had to need your business, or the product of it.”
-chuck berry
“Do not aim at eyes or face. Do not use projectiles other than those supplied or recommended by the manufacturer. Do not fire at point blank range. Do not use these toys against any living things. Never point or shoot the projectiles at anyone or pets.”
” ADULT SUPERVISION REQUIRED.”
—
the warning on this frisbee
was clearly written by someone
who had grown up with a younger sibling.
—
“it could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.”
-ashleigh brilliant
(no explanation about the alien orb)
—
that moment when you are walking
‘here comes the sun’ clicks on
the sun returns
as it always eventually does
the universe in alignment.
—
“truth is like the sun. you can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.”
-elvis presley
forsythia bright in my quarantine kitchen
blossoms have begun to fall
everything is temporary.
—
“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.” – pema chodron
“the vision must be followed by the venture.
it is not enough to stare up the steps – we must step up the stairs.”
-vance havner
—
bisbee, arizona, usa – march 2020 (pre-quarantine)
that moment when you’ve worked very hard on something
and suddenly someone
jumps up front and center just as the last piece is put in
and it’s photo op time.
we each have our own thoughts on this.
—
“it is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”
-harry s. truman (my approach)
“hard work is rewarding. taking credit for other’s hard work is rewarding and faster.”
-scott adams (olive’s approach)
make way on the path
stepping creeping lime grows close
foot of goliath
—
in honor of international haiku poem day
why not take a stab at it?
—
“poetry is news brought to the mountains by a unicorn and an echo.”
-czeslaw milosz
—
scio woods, ann arbor, michigan, usa – spring 2020
