Poems of our journey
Recently I took my new normal walk in the opposite direction from the way I usually go. Walking up the side street I met a couple walking their dogs. I have seen them several times, but we have never had a conversation. This time the lady stopped me and said, “You like to take pictures … Read more
One Beautiful Thing Experience one beautiful thing a day. However small. However trivial. Read a poem. Play a favorite song. Laugh with a friend. Gaze at the sky just before the sun’s final tumble toward night. Watch a classic movie. Eat a slice of lemon drizzle cake. Whatever. Just give yourself one simple reminder that … Read more
Spring Is Coming A small voice is telling me To take a pause in my busy life And record a simple thought. It comes every year It brightens my day It is a gentle reminder I like life! March 18, 2024
A Walk in Cotswold The blue sky, the budding flowers The coming of spring My walks are a simple blessing They bring me closer to you So many we did together And even now I do not feel alone My cares and anxieties drift away And I am grateful For yet another beautiful day. March … Read more
Bass Lake The lake is calm tonight The swan glides by Having made another circuit of the lake There are geese and ducks The lake is surrounded by pine trees, firs and maples And large rhododendron bushes not yet in bloom And my heart too feels a sense of peace. I remembered Arnold and the … Read more
Winter Meditation It was another walk in winter In a park often visited by my loved one and me I had expectations I hoped clarity might come to my troubled soul But nearing the end of my walk With my expectations unfulfilled I was sad. Now I sit at a resting place Listening to the … Read more
National GeographicDaily GratitudeFebruary 19 Every child begins the world again. Henry David Thoreau There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he looked upon and received with wonder or pity or love or dread, that object he became, And that object became part of him for the day or a certain … Read more
Today is a clear sunny winter day in Charlotte, and as I finish the last of my tea after a leisurely morning, I feel a sense of peace. I thought back to a long time ago when i was blessed with a similar feeling. In the intervening years the hurry and urgency and striving has … Read more
Winter Afternoon I think I learned something on my walk today I am not ready to go inside Listening to the birdsong I wonder if I can find the words To express the acceptance I begin to feel Of this next phase of my life’s journey. It is undiscovered country for me But one well-traveled … Read more
Today I went for one of my regular walks in the neighborhood. This particular walk is actually the first one that Marianne and I took together after we moved to Charlotte. It winds up at a school, adjacent to a small stand of trees that I have come to call “Cotswold Forest”. Over the years … Read more