When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. ~Kahlil Gibran

Of course I don’t Of course I don’t wonder what she would have been like now just entering kindergarten. Blonde hair or darker? Tall or would she have been a little short lady. Of course I don’t consider if he would have been bookish like we are or muddy and laughing. Cars to play with or legos. No no, I… (more…)

Haiku Halloween

  Halloween coming The darkness falls now Still not soon enough I love Halloween It is the only night ever We are not that strange The veil is drawn taut I feel them near to me now Lost family, friends Well there’s some Halloween Haiku for you. I’ve got a movie going up on youtube first thing tomorrow if it… (more…)

Politics have no relation to morals. Niccolo Machiavelli

Home Work It’s late not really but it always seems like it is. Even in the summer, It is dark so much sooner I think Thank it was before her. I’m tired I’ve been tired awhile now. It started when we all were scared by houses falling, money puffing away like cigarette smoke on a cold night by dying so… (more…)

Silence is a source of great strength. Lao Tzu

It isn’t You. I want to be left alone. No sound but my own breath, No touch but my own hands holding the sides of my vibrating head. I don’t want to speak, to reassure or sympathize or solve. I don’t want to move to fold, sweep or rearrange. I just want to stop for another minute another hour or… (more…)

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. Thomas Carlyle

The other side of the Rainbow I won’t just hope or wait for the day when I can see your registry and change my mind three times over what present I want you both to keep from me for years. I won’t just hope or wait for the day when I can see you exchange rings in that great hallway,… (more…)

A side trip to the Halloween Store

I have to say the offerings around our two closest towns have been dissatisfying. We’ll make one more trip this weekend to Springdale to the Spirit Store, but either, we’ve seen everyone’s full bag of tricks or they just aren’t trying like they used to. Target was more disappointing than Walmart and both Halloween stores as well. This will be… (more…)