Hello friends, studies show the third week of January is the most depressing week of the year. The holiday bills come flooding in, the news echoes the threat of a snow-and-ice event this weekend, and the sun still sets darkly by 7 o’clock. Is there pleasure in giving in to this season of discomfort? Pulling the […]
Hello friends, memories ebb and flow as I get older, and nature offers her symbols. Here’s a reflective poem about my mother sparked by a butterfly in my garden. Sometimes even nature needs an assist to create beauty in a memory, however distant. Here’s a photo of our mother, Katie, with me and younger brother […]
Hello friends, love has stages. Early infatuation gives way to deeper affection. At the last there is fondness, which seems like a simple thing but is a total understanding of the daily bond. I try to express this in my poem “Late Love,” and how aging has given me the opportunity to enjoy no special […]
Age often brings wisdom, but perhaps more important is the ability to see the bigger picture. Whether we call it awakening, self-awareness, perspective, or plain old common sense, many elders achieve a freedom from worry that can be the envy of the rest of us who struggle daily.
Hello friends, I hope the new year brings you continued health and creative energy. Here is a short poem by Mary Oliver that expresses in a few short lines the way of nature to reward contemplation. Thanks, Gene “Prayer” It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, […]