Toby and Mary

I usually use that big gigantic recycled glass dish you gave me for watermelon but this year we discovered it's the perfect Thanksgiving turkey carving/serving dish. We were very thankful to have it. It made me think of you...

winter is when...

winter is when we tunnel inward

looking for light in other ways

everything good is in there shining

growing, living, waiting for spring.

winter collects the dreams we nurture

keeps them in a basket of twigs

bundled up in swaths of memory

with silken ribbons and downy wings.

winter sings a solemn snowfall

with harmonies of giggling kids

starlight dances twinkling two steps

tangos, ballets, Irish jigs.

winter is when we hibernate

even when we go to town

something in us keeps itself warm

and grows in silent leaps and bounds.

winter has a gentle hand

to hush our shivers when they come

winter will pass in a single blink

the earth will flourish, new and warm.

thankful & grateful & happy!

Thankful and grateful and happy for life! For the joy of small things. For good health. For big love. For the slowness of wintertime hunkering down. For the bursting forth of energy in spring. For the round hot bright sun of summer and for the deep exhale of fall...

Thankful and grateful and happy for strength! The reliability of self. The support of friends and family. The ability to support, to sustain, to carry forth whatever comes our way...

Thankful and grateful and happy for "art"! For words. For music. For images. For motion. For color and texture and taste and smell...

Thankful and grateful and happy for inspiration! However it comes. For being moved to feel, to act, to think, to imagine...

Thankful and grateful and happy for you!

Tent Rocks

One more magical place on earth

where I live

can go

walk, climb up, look out across the world

and almost fly

to everywhere...

L.I.N.D.S.E.Y.

Love Is Never Dormant Sweet Eternal You!!!

one day closer to spring

It's happening again already. Hmmmph! Burrrrr! GGGGGGaaaaaackh.........One day closer to spring!

UNDER THE SEA

In an effort to keep the blogspot going on, happenin', in & hip, I'm digging deep to find some little treats to post. These are from a series of mono prints called Under the Sea which I did as an exercise/exorcize to help me get over my intense fear of the ocean or more specifically the animals that live in the ocean. I tried to go for the sexy/beautiful aspect which is definitely a big piece of life under water but the peculiar and bizarro aspect always grabs my by the bottom of my feet and completely schkeeves me out when faced with any real life prolonged oceanic experience... I really liked the prints though and I do love the beach...

(Mac, your sting ray experience nearly destroyed me! I was deeply concerned about the whole thing but figured it was best not to throw my fears into the mix:)) I'm so glad you survived!!!!