Three or four days ago, I quit a book
to the faithful few (ha!), you might know
this is not something I do
often
true, I have been in a bit of a
reading
funk
start\u2026\u00a0 stumble through..\u00a0 move on
(also not like me)
my work day read, is a good one
but to read on work days is just little bits at a time
on breaks
so these are slow and steady kind of reads
my \u2018at home read\u2019 has been
more of a challenge
of late
I happened to be reading a book about
Elizabeth Barret Browning, and really just beginning to
wade my way in
however, if I happen to be reading about the 1800\u2019s
and the author suddenly throws \u00a0
very modern day (to my thinking misplaced)
language
in
it starts to ruin the narrative for me
and when it is then repeated several times\u2026
my patience
is
out<\/p>\n\n\n\n
for me (anyway) language matters<\/p>\n\n\n\n
so I begin this morning by revisiting words many of which, as the first time, another beautiful summer day In the garden I sit by the small pond, accompanied this morning this small white bird house has me coming back again later, so, this is what I\u2019ll tell you, my friends and love, from me to that IS <\/p>\n\n\n\n (and you, if you have made it this far, I really do appreciate You Three or four days ago, I quit a bookto the faithful few (ha!), you might knowthis is not something I dooftentrue, I have been in a bit of areadingfunkstart\u2026\u00a0 stumble through..\u00a0 move on(also not like me)my work day read, is…
from Andrea Gibson
\u201cMy mother used to knit my mittens
too big so they\u2019d still fit me when I grew.
I wore them and I\u2019d look like what I wasn\u2019t yet.
I feel that sometimes when I\u2019m writing poems,
they don\u2019t fit.\u00a0 Ever feel like the best of you is something you\u2019re
still hoping to grow into?\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
continue to touch me
deeply<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I make my rounds, and apologies to many spaces
as most all things in the back
have been well and truly trampled, snatched
and sampled
by the resident puppy
and I suppose that\u2019s ok<\/p>\n\n\n\n
by a very young cardinal
who is quite appreciative to have the bird bath
freshly replenished, for his or her
(a bit hard to tell at this young age)
morning splash
the monarchs are a-flutter
a large black swallowtail, many cabbage whites
and a lovely hummingbird moth
I am again missing my camera, for the shots
I guess, at this point\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 you\u2019ll just trust me
I think to myself this morning, the best part of this
re-wilding of sorts
is in the myriad of insects you see
and start to really appreciate
the hoverflies, so many different bees, beetles
dragon and damselflies
waterbeetles, craneflies
tiny fluffy white aphids
spiders and
worms, caterpillars, moths and
butterflies
cicadas, even ants
each playing its part in the cycles of nature
whether eating or
being
eaten
and each, so necessary<\/p>\n\n\n\n
once the home to several families of wrens
having fallen from its initial perch
now resides on the log table beside me
where I sit
by the small pond
it\u2019s been part of our garden, probably,
at least twenty years
this morning, with the angle of light
just right
inside, I notice, for the first time
in what remains of the paint that still clings to the wood
a large
white heart\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
just to make sure
it\u2019s still there<\/p>\n\n\n\n
language matters,
notice matters
awareness
matters<\/p>\n\n\n\n
above all
really does matter<\/p>\n\n\n\n
you <\/p>\n\n\n\n
why we\u2019re here \u2665<\/p>\n\n\n\n
being
here)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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