October 31, 2021
Happy Halloween– from the house on the corner of my street. Yikes! Scare the children already! It’s the end of my birthday month and I’ve got my candy ready for the kids tonight. It’s a kindof cool holiday in that kids can ring on anyone’s doorbell and expect them to answer and give them a treat. I enjoyed it more when I knew the kids, and I was going to sit this one out because of Covid, but decided to do it last minute and interrupted my music writing to join those rushing to the store for goodies. Luckily the shelves weren’t bare. Wishing you all a scary/sugary evening!
Stay tuned…
I’ll see y’all down the road… back here from time to time, to celebrate all the years yet to come.
October 16, 2021 [from 10.16.08]
Today’s my birthday, and my first impulse this morning is to reflect on what has changed since the last one. This journal, though, is an experiment in observing in present tense. So instead I take my camera out to the backyard to photograph the last summer flowers and these red berries. And begin my new year facing forward.
October 15, 2021 [from 10.17.08]
There is a sadness in events of joy, that only reveals itself as the wrapping paper is thrown away and memories assume their places, already beginning to fade. But there is also joy in events of unremitting sorrow, in the bonds of community, in the sharp connection of hearts as they bear witness and, collectively, break.
October 14, 2021 [from 10.18.08]
Light can make the mundane mysterious, transform a scene passed by a thousand times into something strangely new. It pulls you in with flickering patterns that have no guarantee in time, but place a transcendent hold on an otherwise occupied space for one arrested moment.
week 677 [from week 1] a simple transference of radiance
a simple transference of radiance
at the moment the sun hits the water
before it’s extinguished light together
with reflection a golden circumstance
that we await wine glasses held ready
to salute and in that instant we are
giddy with twilight the ocean calls our
names watching waiting darkness descend we
head indoors light within us laughing at
our good fortune to be here friends away
from all that is uncertain morning may
overwrite this feeling but we know that
for now we are strongly simply happy
and everything is just as it should be
October 13, 2021 [from 10.19.08]
It was cold today, and night came earlier than expected. The golden days of autumn have suddenly disappeared, and we linger less, zip up our jackets faster, head for home with a stronger need to arrive before the chill.
October 12, 2021 [from 10.20.08]
It just takes a minute for a normal day to breathe and release me from its routine. And it’s a surprise every time. Beauty laughs and a window opens in the ordinary. And I can see whatever happens to be waiting outside.
October 11, 2021 [from 10.21.08]
Schedule wraps itself around a life and takes the reins. Trying to step outside is hard. So be happy with small victories and patient with blank walls. The lessons are important, and at this point more real than the results.
Celebrating a Year 