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Visceral

Favorite Smell

LAST YEAR

       Supermoon 8.14

YELLOW

you remind of yellow

you remind me of blue

yellow makes me smile

and so do you

~the Sinatras

EDGE

"The floor seemed wonderfully solid. 

It was comforting to know I had fallen and could fall no farther."

                                                                                                          ~Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

TALISMAN

"Everything goes away, Jack Sawyer, like the moon. 

Everything comes back, like the moon"

                                                                                              

                                                                          ~ Stephen King , The Talisman

EARTH

Whenever I gaze up at the moon, I feel like I'm on a time machine.  

I am back to that precious pinpoint of time, standing on the foreboding, 

yet beautiful, sea of tranquility.

I could see our shining blue planet Earth poised in the darkness of space. 

                                                                                                                                  ~ Buzz Aldrin

SMOOTH

still waters run deep

five facts about me

1. I share my life with intelligent, humorous, creative,  loving companions 

2. My daughter is my joy

3. I'm a creative, mindful being

4. I have suffered much loss in the recent past

5. I carry on

NOTEBOOK

                      sketches

                      poetry

                      notes

CITRUS

Joy

deep inside the heart of this troubled man

there's an itty bitty boy tugging at your hand

born bitter as a lemon but you must understand

that you've been giving me joy

~Iron and Wine

NUMBERS

Maude:  I would like to change into a sunflower most of all. They're so tall and simple.
                what flower would you like to be?

Harold:   I don't know. One of these, maybe.

Maude:  Why do you say that?

Harold:  Because they're all alike.

Maude:  Oh, but they're not. Look. See, some are smaller, some are fatter,  some grow to the left,
              some to the right, some have even lost some petals. All kinds of observable differences.
              You see, Harold,  I feel that much of the world's sorrow comes from people who are this,
              yet allow themselves to be treated as that.

Harold and Maude (1971)

SKIN

"Feet what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?" 

                                                                              ~Frida Kahlo

AIR

Listen gently to the air, you may find me there

Year 5

       Begin. Over and over, again. 

       That is the cycle, correct?    
       More blooms in the garden of loss this year.  Making peace comes much more 
      slowly than before.  How do we say goodbye without losing ourselves? 

      Breathe. Over and over, again.