The barometer is rising and some blue sky is around. I had charging trouble with my IPad this morning so it may just be a shortie post today. Yes and walking in a few minutes.
I am working on my poetry and that is a blessing. It comes when it comes and it is dormant when it wants to be. And since we are new friends we are being patient with each other. We don’t always see eye to eye but I am hopeful we will work out the rough spots.
The Christmas tree is being dismantled. Time to lurch into the next phase of winter. Time to cut firewood. Time to order seeds. Time to contend with taxes. And at the end of that will be the Spring payoff of warmth and light.
Off to walk loves, Felipé.
Ahh, these reminders are so very helpful. The routines of life on a yearly scale. I miss so many of them, being without a permanent home for so long– though we’ve been needed elsewhere for good reasons.
But, yeah, things come and go and come around again and oftentimes the points of that yearly compass seem to be surprise, appear as a reminder we forgot to expect. But it’s a Hope thing, right? How does it meld and mesh with poetry? The comes-and-goes-and-comes-back-again part, for certain. But also the “Wait. Just Stop and know what point of the yearly compass you are on, what things look like from right here, right now. It’s slightly different that the last time you checked. Be aware of where you are, big picture, in the scheme of things.” part, too.
Just stop. Though it feels like time to ramp up in some ways, in planning and in doing – and maybe it is. So, all the more need to Just Stop before plunging ahead. And where, exactly to light when I stop, in my universe of sometimes-practiced habits and behaviors? In poetry. To both alight and delight in poetry. It’s there to discover and to write. There to give aid and guidance to the Just Stop event. It is timeless as it glides through our minds, finding its place and meaning in some niche we have waiting for it. Allowing the greater-than-us light of awareness settle in with the rest of who we are. Delightful, huh?
Hi Steve-O ~ good thoughts from you down south. I’m going to lift some of this wonderful stuff and use it on the post today. Always thanks for your input. We need those reference points as we go through our motions here on the planet. I find the yearly cycle of nature a big help these days. Best to you and the fam, Felipé.