Merry Christmas

Sending warm Christmas greetings from sunny California.

(Well, it is actually wet and cool today)

Santa seems to be part of the busy crowd in my neighborhood ─

out shopping and stocking up on goodies for the celebration.

I hope your Christmas-tide is full of happiness and warmth.

Around the next corner

A dear friend has the constant quest

as a guideline in her life.

Always looking, just around the next corner,

perhaps where she has often looked before,

but, ever trying to fill the day with interest.

A nice thought for these winter days

when it seems my world is pretty static

and winding down with the year.

Waiting for the storm

Quiet afternoon, watching the waves,

gradually higher and higher…..

a storm generating over the Pacific

while we wait for sunset.

How the light gets in

This lovely poem just suddenly appeared
on the now empty vegetable planter,
sidewalk-side of a wonderfully diverse
elementary school in my neighborhood.
Must be some wise and beautiful kids
coming up in this world!

From Leonard Cohen's Anthem

A modern Thanksgiving

A belated Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

Oh, how times have changed.

It wasn’t so long ago that even a phone call

to bring everyone to the holiday feast

was kind of suspect….a note more proper.

Hope your day of thanks was technologically

correct and everyone found their place at the table.

Everyone...yes, everyone, family and friends, at our feast had an IPhone!!

Contemplating trolls

I am not a collector,

well maybe have too many books.

But, I can barely grasp keeping

troll dolls locked in cabinet ▬

even more distorted by the beveled glass.

Isn’t it wonderful that we are all so different?

A feathered friend

So many in this busy City

find friendship from their pets.

So many in the quiet country

find companions in their animals.

It seems somehow strange for me

to meet a man on a busy sidewalk

with a friend and companion

that I thought would be found

on a quiet lane.

Silver Laced Poland bantam.