My partner in dine
sent an encouraging note
as I began my
healthy living plan: “What do
we learn from cows and
elephants? You can’t lose weight
by eating greens and walking.”
JDG
My partner in dine
sent an encouraging note
as I began my
healthy living plan: “What do
we learn from cows and
elephants? You can’t lose weight
by eating greens and walking.”
JDG
I put out the food,
but nature has the final
say on who will dine
and when today. Woodpeckers,
squirrels, cardinals, and jays,
juncos, doves, and chickadees
all drop by and enjoy.
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I am filled with delight
as I sit and watch and wait.
JDG
Their unexpected act of kindness caught
me by surprise,
lifted my
sinking
heart.
JDG
Seeking nothing, not
permission or argument,
she simply observes.
Creating will come later.
For now she watches,
open to whatever comes,
knowing something always does.
JDG
Storms might be coming
but for now, sun and puffy
white clouds fill the sky.
Bees and butterflies flit from
flower to flower,
deer graze, squirrels scamper, crows
bicker, and I watch and rest.
JDG
When I looked at that
fallen tree in our pristine
pond, I saw only
unwelcome debris, but when
those ducks looked, they saw
a welcoming shelter for
them and their duckling babies.
JDG
Sitting in silence
caressing that tree’s rough bark,
I felt as if it
were telling me to stop my
nervous picking, to
let my own rough places be,
that they’re just a part of me.
JDG
“Look, Gaba,” she said,
“our first butterfly this year.
I hope she finds things
to her liking and lingers
long enough to bring
more cheer.” Then seeing her light
on a purple bloom,
she smiled, saying, “She’s found
a way to dispel the gloom.”
JDG
“How do you like it?”
she asked, referring to her
head shaved nearly bare.
Shuffling through my
Good Granny Guide, I replied,
“It is so cool, it’s
practically air-conditioned.”
She grinned. “You’re warm, but not hot.”
JDG